Half-wits talk much, but say little.
When men are employed they are best contented.
He that resolves to mend hereafter, resolves not to mend now.
Teach your child to hold his tongue; he'll learn fast enough to speak.
If you would not be forgotten, do things worth remembering.
It might be judged an affront to your understanding should I go about to prove this first principle; the existence of a Diety and that He is the Creator of the universe, for that would suppose you ignorant of what all mankind in all ages have agreed in.