What's a Sun-Dial in the shade?
Let the child's first lesson be obedience, and the second will be what thou wilt.
The securest place is a prison cell, but there is no liberty
The wise man draws more advantage from his enemies than the fool from his friends
Take one thing with another, and the world is a pretty good sort of a world, and it is our duty to make the best of it, and be thankful.
He that scatters thorns, let him not go barefoot.