“If you would be pope, you must think of nothing else.”

Where God has his church the Devil will have his chapel.

A good example is like a bell that calls many to church.

Under a tattered cloak you will generally find a good drinker.

The dog’s kennel is not the place to keep a sausage.

God feeds the birds that use their wings.

Don’t sail out farther than you can row back.

Don’t speak unless you can improve on the silence.

Give to a pig when it grunts and a child when it cries , and you will have a fine pig and a bad child.

It is best to be off with the old love before you are on with the new.

One should choose the lesser of two evils.

Who takes the child by the hand takes the mother by the heart.

The first drink with water, the second without water, the third like water.

He who doesn’t open his eyes when he buys must still open his purse to pay.

No revenge is more honourable than the one not taken.

Many small streams make a large river.

He that does not save pennies, will never have pounds.