If we give up freedom for security, we are in danger of losing both.
Wise men learn by others' harms, fools scarcely by their own.
Let honesty and industry be thy constant companions, and spend one penny less than thy clear gains; then shall thy pocket begin to thrive; creditors will not insult, nor want oppress, nor hungerness bite, nor nakedness freeze thee
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
The used key is always bright.
Savages we call them, because their manners differ from ours, which we think the perfection of civility; they think the same of theirs.