Rumor is like bees; the more you fight them the more you don't get rid of them.
Life is short, but it's long enough to ruin any man who wants to be ruined.
Zoroaster said, when in doubt abstain; but this does not always apply. At cards, when in doubt take the trick.
I am a poor man, but I have this consolation: I am poor by accident, not by design.
It is not much trouble to doctor sick folks, but to doctor healthy ones is troublesome.
Despatch is taking time by the ears; hurry is taking it by the end of the tail.