Whether it's the pot that hits the rock or the rock that hits the pot , it's the pot that will break every time

There is nothing costs less than civility.

The man who is prepared has his battle half fought.

Riches are able to solder up abundance of flaws.

It is the part of a wise man to keep himself today for tomorrow, and not to venture all his eggs in one basket.

The most perceptive character in a play is the fool, because the man who wishes to seem simple cannot possibly be a simpleton.

Laws that only threaten, and are not kept, become like the log that was given to the frogs to be their king, which they feared at first, but soon scorned and trampled on.