“A wise man learns by the experiences of others; an ordinary man learns by his own experience; a fool learns by nobody’s experiences.”

The longest mile is the last mile home.

Confide not in him who has deceived you.

All things were once impossible.

Comparisons make enemies of our friends.

Conceit is the self satisfaction of a jackass.

The king’s cheese goes half away in parings.

A thorn of experience is worth a wilderness of advice.

It is bad luck to fall out of a thirteenth story window on Friday.

A good friend is someone who will bail you out of jail, but your best friend is the one sitting next to you saying “that was fucking awesome”.

The higher you climb, the harder you may fall.

A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman’s birthday but never her age.

Common sense is very uncommon with a lot of people.

The heart has eyes that the brain knows nothing of.

A swift eater, a swift worker.

It is better to be a live rabbit than a tiger.

Commerce flourishes by circumstances precarious.