Great persons are able to do great kindnesses.
Truth will rise above falsehood as oil above water.
No fathers or mothers think their own children ugly; and this self-deceit is yet stronger with respect to the offspring of the mind.
Do not eat garlic or onions; for their smell will reveal that you are a peasant.
You must not think, sir, to catch old birds with chaff.
Blessed be he who invented sleep, a cloak that covers all a man's thoughts.