It is no use running; to set out betimes is the main point.

Religious contention is the devil's harvest.

No path of flowers leads to glory.

What God does, He does well.

Gentleness succeeds better than violence.

Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.

I bend, but I do not break.

A hungry stomach cannot hear.

In everything one must consider the end.

Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it.

Never sell the bear's skin before one has killed the beast.

We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.

People who make no noise are dangerous.

Diversity, that is my motto.

To hell with pleasure that's haunted by fear.

Le mensonge et les vers de tout temps sont amis. Lies and literature have always been friends.

But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.

Rely only on yourself; it is a common proverb.

Let fools the studious despise, There's nothing lost by being wise.