Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
Never sell the bear's skin before one has killed the beast.
A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
I bend but I do not break.
Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
It is impossible to please all the world and one's father.
It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
One should stick to the sort of thing for which one was made I tried to be an herbalist whereas I should keep to the butcher's trade.
Everyone believes very easily whatever he fears or desires.
Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.
From a distance it is something and nearby it is nothing.
A fly sat on the chariot wheel And said "What a dust I raise."
Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
Patience and passage of time do more than strength and fury.
To hell with pleasure that's haunted by fear!
Help yourself and heaven will help you.