One cannot live for ever by ignoring the price of coffins.

Alas! It is well written, The road to eminence lies through the cheap and exceedingly uninviting eating-houses.

The wise duck keeps his mouth shut when he smells frogs.

How is it possible to suspend topaz in one cup of the balance and weigh it against amethyst in the other; or who in a single language can compare the tranquillizing grace of a maiden with the invigorating pleasure of witnessing a well-contested rat-fight?

One learns to itch where one can scratch.

Where the road bends abruptly, take short steps.

Although there exist many thousand subjects for elegant conversation, there are persons who cannot meet a cripple without talking about feet.