Silver is of less value than gold, gold than virtue.
One Sallow does not make Summer.
Learned or unlearned we all must be scribbling.
There is a fault common to all singers. When they're among friends and are asked to sing they don't want to, and when they're not asked to sing they never stop.
Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant.
The dispute is still before the judge.