“To have a woman is bad; to lose her is worse.”

From a fallen tree, all make kindling.

Lawyers and painters can soon change white to black.

An ounce of blood is worth more than a pound of friendship.

Young pigs grunt as as old pigs grunted before them.

He is most cheated who cheats himself.

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.