No man is smart, except by comparison to those who know less
There is no get-rich-quick scheme equal to a poor girl marrying a rich man.
You needn't love your enemy, but if you refrain from telling lies about him, you are doing well enough.
One has fear in front of a goat, in back of a mule, and on every side of a fool
For every quarrel a man and wife have before others, they have a hundred when alone.
Even if a farmer intends to loaf, he gets up in time to get an early start.