Take hold lightly let go lightly. This is one of the great secrets of felicity in love.
Blue eyes say, "love me or I die"; black eyes say, "love me or I kill thee."
Habits are at first cobwebs, then cables.
From a fallen tree, make kindling.
If your house is on fire, warm yourself by it.
You can't ring the bells and, at the same time, walk in the procession.
You can't catch trout with dry breeches.
He who fears death cannot enjoy life.
Self-knowledge is the beginning of self-improvement.
God delays, but doesn't forget.
Friends and wine should be old.
Flattery makes friends, truth enemies.
If there's no bread, cakes are very good.
Unshared joy is an unlighted candle.
Speaking without thinking is shooting without taking aim.
Like blood, like good, and like age, make the happiest marriage.
Give a clown your foot, and he'll take your hand.
If the sky falls, hold up your hands.
Make way for a madman and a bull.
Beware of a reconciled friend as of the devil.
Every cock is proud on his own dung hill.
If the sky falls we shall catch larks.
Not the cry, but the flight of the wild duck, leads the flock to fly and follow.
Three spaniards, four opinions.
Little bird, little nest.
To a hard knot a hard wedge.
What cures sancho makes martha sick.
A lazy youth, a lousy age.
Don't bet more than you can afford to lose.
He that eats the king's geese shall be choked with the feathers.
