An honest man you may form of windle-straws, but to make a rogue you must have grist.
A brave man hazards life, but not his conscience.
No greater grief than to remember days of gladness when sorrow is at hand.
Stubbornness is not firmness.
Wine invents nothing; it only tattles.
Yet have I ever heard it said that spies and tale-bearers have done more mischief in this world than poisoned bowl or the assassin's dagger.