Do not fight against Providence; nor bring more heavy weather to the storm. Face what is already there.
It is not white hair that engenders wisdom.
I call a fig a fig, a spade a spade.
At times discretion should be thrown aside, and with the foolish we should play the fool.
It is as easy to draw back a stone thrown with force from the hand, as to recall a word once spoken.
The character of a man is known from his conversations.