“They are most cheated who cheat themselves.”

Never advise anyone to go to war or to marry.

Better ask twice than lose your way once.

No man is so tall that he need never stretch, and none so small that he need never stoop.

If you would live healthy, be old early.

One drink is just right two is too many three are too few.

Three Spaniards, four opinions.

Since we cannot get what we like, let us like what we can get.

To own is to fear.

Life without a friend is death without a witness.

To the good listener, half a word is enough.

Drink nothing without seeing it Sign nothing without reading it.

No one is rich enough to do without a neighbor.

Walk till the blood appears on the cheek, but not the sweat on the brow.

You may force a horse to the water, but you cannot make him drink.

Wisdom goes not always by years.

The most difficult mountain to cross is the threshold.