Grief for a dead Wife, and a troublesome Guest, Continues to the threshold, and there is at rest; But I mean such wives as are none of the best
Squeamish stomachs cannot eat without pickles.
There are three faithful friends - an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.
Poverty often deprives a man of all spirit and virtue; it is hard for an empty bag to stand upright.
In a discreet man's mouth, a public thing is private.
Most people dislike vanity in others, whatever share they have of it themselves.