Sympathy constitutes friendship but in love there is a sort of antipathy, or opposing passion. Each strives to be the other, and both together make up one whole.
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The brave man carves out his fortune, and every man is the son of his own works.
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'Tis an old saying, the Devil lurks behind the cross. All is not gold that glitters. From the tail of the plough, Bamba was made King of Spain and from his silks and riches was Rodrigo cast to be devoured by the snakes.
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The phoenix hope, can wing her way through the desert skies, and still defying fortune's spite; revive from ashes and rise.
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If you are ambitious of climbing up to the difficult, and in a manner inaccessible, summit of the Temple of Fame, your surest way is to leave on one hand the narrow path of Poetry, and follow the narrower track of Knight-Errantry, which in a trice may raise you to an imperial throne.
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Every man was not born with a silver spoon in his mouth.
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He is as mad as a March hare.
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Among the attributes of God, although they are all equal, mercy shines with even more brilliancy than justice.
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I never thrust my nose into other men's porridge. It is no bread and butter of mine every man for himself, and God for us all.
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True valor lies between cowardice and rashness.
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She fights and vanquishes in me, and I live and breathe in her, and I have life and being.
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A good name is better than riches.
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Be brief, for no discourse can please when too long.
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Building castles in the air, and making yourself a laughing-stock.
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Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.
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A closed mouth catches no flies.
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A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
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A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience.
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Be slow of tongue and quick of eye.
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Nor has his death the world deceiv'd than his wondrous life surprise d; if he like a madman liv'd least he like a wise one dy'd.
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Delay always breeds danger.
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Don't put too fine a point to your wit for fear it should get blunted.
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Every man is as heaven made him, and sometimes a great deal worse.
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As they use to say, spick and span new.
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An honest man's word is as good as his bond.
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As ill-luck would have it.
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A little in one's own pocket is better than much in another man's purse.
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Liberty is one of the most valuable blessings that Heaven has bestowed upon mankind.
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All is not gold that glitters.
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I shall be as secret as the grave.
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