It is easier to build two chimneys than to keep one in fuel.
He that riseth late, must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night.
At twenty years of age the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgment.
In a discreet man's mouth, a public thing is private.
Read much, but not too many books.
The poor have little; beggars, none; the rich, too much; enough, not one.