Brutes find out where their talents lie; a bear will not attempt to fly.

Neither are any wars so furious and bloody, or of so long continuance as those occasioned by difference in opinion, especially if it be in things indifferent.

The worthiest people are the most injured by slander, as is the best fruit which the birds have been pecking at.

Bachelor's fare: bread and cheese, and kisses.

Promises and pie-crust are made to be broken.

They say fingers were made before forks, and hands before knives.

Common fluency of speech in many men and most women is owing to a scarcity of matter.