“A whistling girl and a crowing hen never came to a good end.”

All things are easy to industry, all things difficult to sloth.

The happiest place in the world to live is within one’s income.

It is better to have less thunder in the mouth and more lightning in the hand.

The greatest art is the art of life.

Colleges hate geniuses, just as convents hate saints.

Hunger fetches the wolf out of the woods.

A good surgeon must have an eagle’s eye, a lion’s heart, and a lady’s hand.

The good lawyer knows the law, the clever one knows the judge.

Hunger finds no fault with moldy corn.

It is better to be lied about than to lie.

It is better to be safe than sorry.

Hope of gain lessens pain.

Close enough for horseshoes and hand grenades.

Hope is a good breakfast, but a poor supper.

The giver makes the gift precious.

Youth is a blunder, manhood a struggle, old age a regret.