Where the road bends abruptly, take short steps.

Where the road bends abruptly, take short steps.

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

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

The province of philosophy is not so much to prevent calamities befalling as to demonstrate that they are blessings when they have taken place.

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

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