At this the duchess, laughing all the while, said: "Sancho Panza is right in all he has said, and will be right in all he shall say.

The wise hand does not all the tongue dictates.

There's no taking trout with dry breeches.

Nay, what is worse, perhaps turn poet, which, they say, is an infectious and incurable distemper.

One who has not only the four S's, which are required in every good lover, but even the whole alphabet; as for example... Agreeable, Bountiful, Constant, Dutiful, Easy, Faithful, Gallant, Honorable, Ingenious, Kind, Loyal, Mild, Noble, Officious, Prudent, Quiet, Rich, Secret, True, Valiant, Wise; the X indeed, is too harsh a letter to agree with him, but he is Young and Zealous.

Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience.

To withdraw is not to run away, and to stay is no wise action, when there's more reason to fear than to hope.