The sorrowful dislike the gay, and the gay the sorrowful.
A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune.
Every old poem is sacred.
Pale death knocks with impartial foot at poor men's hovels and king's palaces.
He tells old wives' tales much to the point.
Don't yield to that alluring witch, laziness, or else be prepared to surrender all that you have won in your better moments.