There is superstition in avoiding superstition.

In revenge a man is but even with his enemy; for it is a princely thing to pardon, and Solomon saith it is the glory of a man to pass over a transgression.

One of the fathers saith . . . that old men go to death, and death comes to young men.

A man who contemplates revenge keeps his wounds green.

The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge in excess caused man to fall: but in charity there is no excess; neither can angel nor man come in danger by it.

Nothing is more pleasant to the eye than green grass kept finely shorn.

The genius, wit, and the spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs.