A youth's knowledge is like a cheap shotgun-likely to do as much damage to the owner as to the game.
The worst misfortune that can happen to an ordinary man is to have an extraordinary father.
The statesman shears the sheep; the politician skins them.
Some men are like a clock on the roof; they are useful only to the neighbors.
If you have forgotten how to be a child you cannot teach children.
Sorrow may be a good thing for a woman's heart, but it is a poor cosmetic for her face.