Borrowing from Peter to pay Paul.
They are eloquent who can speak low things acutely, and of great things with dignity, and of moderate things with temper.
It is better to receive than to do injury.
The home is the empire! There is no peace more delightful than one's own fireplace.
Never injure a friend, even in jest.
To wonder at nothing when it happens, to consider nothing impossible before it has come to pass.