Latin phrases of wisdom and their meanings

Nolo putes prauos homines peccata lucrari:
Tempore si peccata latent, et tempore parent.

Think not that evil-doers surely win;
Tho' hidden for a while, time shows their sin.

Cui scieris non esse parem, pro tempore cede:
Uictorem a uicto superari saepe uidemus.

Yield to defeat awhile: for often we
The victor beaten by the vanquished see.

In other words... those that do wrong get found out in the end, and there are times when the defeated become the victors.