The divine power moves with difficulty, but at the same time surely.
Chance fights ever on the side of the prudent.
No one is truly free, they are a slave to wealth, fortune, the law, or other people restraining them from acting according to their will.
The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.
It's the wise man who stays home when he's drunk.
A sharp-tempered woman, or, for that matter, a man, Is easier to deal with than the clever type Who holds her tongue.