The jealous are possessed by a mad devil and a dull spirit at the same time.

Be not the fourth friend of him who had three before and lost them.

He who, in questions of right, virtue, or duty, sets himself above all ridicule, is truly great, and shall laugh in the end with truer mirth than ever he was laughed at.

The proverbial wisdom of the populace in the street, on the roads, and in the markets instructs the ear of him who studies man more fully than a thousand rules ostentatiously displayed.

Fools learn nothing from wise men, but wise men learn much from fools.

He surely is most in need of another's patience, who has none of his own.

A fop of fashion is the mercer's friend, the tailor's fool, and his own foe.