He who is not impatient is not in love.
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The best armor is to keep out of range.
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Bed is the poor man's opera.
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Better no law than laws not enforced.
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Gratitude is the memory of the heart.
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Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out.
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He who knows nothing doubts nothing.
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He who begins many things finishes but few.
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By asking for the impossible, obtain the best possible.
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By learning to obey, you will know how to command.
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Proverbs bear age, and he who would do well may view himself in them as in a looking glass
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Between saying and doing many a pair of shoes is worn out.
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After the ship has sunk, everyone knows how she might have been saved.
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He that jokes confesses.
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Everyone loves justice in the affairs of another.
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Speak of the Devil and he appears.
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The fool has to do at last what the wise did at first.
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By asking for the impossible we obtain the possible.
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When God punishes a land, he deprives it leaders of wisdom.
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Hasty climbers have sudden falls.
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At a round table there is no dispute about place.
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He who knows little quickly tells it.
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After the game, the king and pawn go into the same box.
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Once the game is over, the King and the pawn go back in the same box.
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The just man may sin with an open chest of gold before him.
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Moderate profits fill the purse.
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A wise man cares not for that which he cannot have.
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Never let people see the bottom of your purse or of your mind.
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Beware of one who has nothing to lose.
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If the secret sorrows of everyone could be read on their forehead, how many who now cause envy would suddenly become the objects of pity.
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