“Sorrow for a husband is like a pain in the elbow, sharp and short.”
“Learning makes a man fit company for himself as well as for others.”
“Sticks and stones will break my bones, but names will never hurt me.”
“Friends are like fiddle strings, they must not be screwed too tight.”
“When the sword of rebellion is drawn, the sheath should be thrown away.”
“If you want a thing done, go. If not, send. The shortest answer is doing.”
“Who is so deaf or so blind as he that willfully will neither hear nor see?”
“Children suck the mother when they are young and the father when they are old.”
“Be not deceived with the first appearance of things, for show is not substance.”
“The first faults are theirs that commit them, the second theirs that permit them.”
“If you want to be happy for a year, plant a garden; If you want to be happy for life, plant a tree.”