A traveller should have a hog's nose, a deer's legs, and an ass's back.
So convenient a thing to be a reasonable creature, since it enables one to find or make a reason for every thing one has a mind to do.
Eat few suppers, and you'll need few medicines.
How many observe Christ's birthday! How few, His precepts!
If you would keep your secret from an enemy, tell it not to a friend.
Alas, I know if I ever became truly humble, I would be proud of it.