Great expectations are better than a poor possession.

Woman's advice has little value, but he who won't take it is a fool.

Thank you for nothing.

Now, blessings light on him that first invented sleep!Ê It covers a man all over, thoughts and all, like a cloak; it is meat for the hungry, drink for the thirsty, heat for the cold, and cold for the hot.Ê It is the current coin that purchases all the pleasures of the world cheap, and the balance that sets the king and the shepherd, the fool and the wise man, even.

Inasmuch as ill-deeds spring up as a spontaneous crop, they are easy to learn.

There is no book so bad...that it does not have something good in it.

A stout heart breaks bad luck.