Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay; Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade; A breath can make them, as a breath has made; But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can never be supplied. Oliver Goldsmith
Love of the absolute engenders a predilection for self-destruction. Hence the passion for monasteries and brothels. Cells and women, in both cases. Weariness with life fares well in the shadow of whores and saintly women. Emil Cioran
The godly seed fares well: the wicked's is accurst. Theocritus
The fox never fares better than when he's bann'd. Dutch Proverb
Politeness travels on short fares. German Proverb
Ill fares the young bird in the urchin's hand. Portuguese Proverb