Latin Proverbs: V

Ars longa, vita brevis (Hippocrates, ancient Greek physician)
Life is short, the art [of medicine] is long.

Rem nimium bene gerere, in solitudo esse
To be [too] successful is to be in solitude.

Decet verecundum esse adolescentem
It becomes a young man to be modest.

Tamquam scopulum, sic fugias inauditum atque insolens verbum
Avoid a strange and unfamiliar word as you would a dangerous reef.

Rident stolidi verba Latina (Ovid)
Fools laugh at the Latin language.

Ubi vinci necesse est, expedit cedere
Where defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.

Video barbam et pallium, philosophum nondum video
I see the beard and the cloak, I have yet to see the philosopher.

Quis vitia odit, homines odit
He who hates vice, hates mankind.

Vectigalia nervi sunt rei publicae
Revenues are the tendon of the state.

Regia via
The royal way