They say fingers were made before forks, and hands before knives.
If they would, for Example, praise the Beauty of a Woman, or any other Animal, they describe it by Rhombs, Circles, Parallelograms, Ellipses, and other geometrical terms.
An intelligent person should put money in the beginning, but not in heart
If a man makes me keep my distance, the comfort is, he keeps his at the same time.
Let a man be ne'er so wise, he may be caught with sober lies.
Some dire misfortune to portend, no enemy can match a friend.