The wicked are always ungrateful.

By the streets of 'by and by,' one arrives at the house of 'never'.

Never look for birds of this year in the nests of the last.

Seek for good, but expect evil.

Facts are the enemy of truth.

There were no embraces because where there is great love there is often little display of it.

A stout heart breaks bad luck.

Be slow of tongue and quick of eye.

Give the devil his due.

Time ripens all things; no man is born wise.

The road to the inn is much better than the stay.

Maybe the greatest madness is to see life as it is rather than what it could be.

The brave man carves out his fortune, and every man is the sum of his own works.

A good name is better than bags of gold.

Every man is the son of his own works.

Get the better of yourself - this is the best kind of victory.

God exalts the man who humbles himself.

Virtue is the truest nobility.

A woman's advice has little value, but he who won't take it is a fool.