I believe there's no proverb but what is true; they are all so many sentences and maxims drawn from experience, the universal mother of sciences.

Fair and softly goes far.

I do not believe that the Good Lord plays dice.

The pen is the tongue of the soul; as are the thoughts engendered there, so will be the things written.

Let us forget and forgive injuries.

Give the devil his due.

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