It is one thing to write as poet and another to write as a historian: the poet can recount or sing about things not as they were, but as they should have been, and the historian must write about them not as they should have been, but as they were, without adding or subtracting anything from the truth.

The guts carry the feet, not the feet the guts.

Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our deeds.

Nothing costs less nor is cheaper than compliments of civility.

He who's down one day can be up the next, unless he really wants to stay in bed, that is.

Delay always heeds danger.

Do not eat garlic or onions; for their smell will reveal that you are a peasant.