Do good to thy friend to keep him, to thy enemy to gain him.
One good husband is worth two good wives, for the scarcer things are, the more they are valued.
Notwithstanding my experiments with electricity the thunderbolt continues to fall under our noses and beards; and as for the tyrant, there are a million of us still engaged at snatching away his sceptre.
A man in a passion, rides a mad horse.
Ill customs and bad advice are seldom forgotten.
Tis easy to see, hard to foresee.