Tell me what company thou keepest and I'll tell thee what thou art.
Give the devil his due.
Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any of his best wishes.
All sorrows are less with bread.
Those who'll play with cats must expect to be scratched.
There were no embraces, because where there is great love there is often little display of it.