“Accident is the mother of invention.”

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

A stout heart crushes some ill luck.

Your whole destiny is involved in the attitude you take toward your sin.

Honour your father and your mother.

The garment of peace never fades.

Clean your own doorstep before you clean someone else’s.

Honesty is praised and left to starve.

A fool can ask more questions in a minute than a wise man can answer in an hour.

It is better to pay and have a little left than to have much and be always in debt.

The fruit doesn’t fall far from the tree.

All that shines is not silver.

The frog does not drink up the pond in which he lives.

Homely in the cradle, pretty at the table.

Christmas comes, but once a year is enough.

It is better to tell your money where to go than to ask where it went.

Your sins will find you out.