Little sins are pioneers of hell.
The fangs of a bear, and the tusks of a wild boar, do not bite worse and make deeper gashes than a goose-quill sometimes; no, not even the badger himself, who is said to be so tenacious of his bite that he will not give over his hold till he feels his teeth meet and the bones crack.
We learn by teaching.
Words and works eat not at one table.
In time of prosperity friends will be plenty; In time of adversity not one in twenty.
Apelles used to paint a good housewife on a snail, to import that she home-keeping.