“You will stir up the hornets.”

This is the great fault of wine; it first trips up the feet: it is a cunning wrestler.

It is only when we have lost them that we fully appreciate our blessings.

He who is most on his guard is often himself taken in.

I count him lost, who is lost to shame.

The day, water, sun, moon, night – I do not have to purchase these things with money.

No man is wise enough by himself.

Good courage in a bad affair is half of the evil overcome.

If you say hard things you must expect to hear them in return.

He that would eat the nut must crack the shell.

No man has perpetual good fortune.

The woman who has the best perfume is she who has none.

It is customary these days to ignore what should be done in favour of what pleases us.

You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned.

Your wealth is where your friends are.

To a well deserving person God will show favor. To an ill deserving person He will simply be just.

Every man, however wise, needs the advice of some sagacious friend in the affairs of life.

One of my great personal triumphs is, because I stay vigilant about my health

If you want to do the work of God, pay attention to people. Notice them. Especially the people nobody else notices.

Little men are dissolved in it. If there is any gold, truth makes it shine more brightly. . . .

Take two kids in competition for their parents’ love and attention.

And yet We lost it in this daily jar and fret, And now live idle in a vague regret

Great deeds give choice of many tales. Choose a slight tale, enrich it large, and then let wise men listen.

The modern woman is the curse of the universe. A disaster, that’s what.

In every shoot, between the actor and the director there is manipulation.