Truth may be stretched, but cannot be broken, and always gets above falsehood, as does oil above water.
He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all.
The journey is better than the inn".
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
Delay always heeds danger.
Once a woman parts with her virtue, she loses the esteem even of the man whose vows and tears won her to abandon it.