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

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

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.

In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.

By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.

Better to suffer than to die.

Sensible people find nothing useless.

We like to see others, but don't like others to see through us.

He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father.

Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.

The more wary you are of danger, the more likely you are to meet it.

If every man works at that for which nature fitted him, the cows will be well tended.