A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth.
We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.
The hero is brave in deeds as well as words.
While I see many hoof marks going in, I see none coming out. It is easier to get into the enemy's toils than out again.
The strong and the weak cannot keep company.
Pray do not grieve so; but go and take a stone, and place it in the hole, and fancy that the gold is still lying there. It will do you quite the same service; for when the gold was there, you had it not, as you did not make the slightest use of it.