Time draweth wrinkles in a fair face, but addeth fresh colors to a fast friend, which neither heat, nor cold, nor misery, nor place, nor destiny, can alter or diminish

Far more seemly to have thy study full of books, than thy purse full of money.

Many strokes overthrow the tallest oaks.

There can no great smoke arise, but there must be some fire.

Beauty - a deceitful bait with a deadly hook.

Where the mind is past hope, the heart is past shame.

The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.