A reputation for a thousand years may depend upon the conduct of a single moment.
Alas! It is well written, The road to eminence lies through the cheap and exceedingly uninviting eating-houses.
He who thinks he is raising a mound may only in Reality be digging a pit.
The province of philosophy is not so much to prevent calamities befalling as to demonstrate that they are blessings when they have taken place.
One cannot live for ever by ignoring the price of coffins.
The wise duck keeps his mouth shut when he smells frogs.