It is one thing to praise discipline, and another to submit to it.

Thou camest out of thy mother's belly without government, thou hast liv'd hitherto without government, and thou mayst be carried to thy long home without government, when it shall please the Lord. How many people in this world live without government, yet do well enough, and are well look'd upon?

Fortune leaves always some door open to come at a remedy.

That which costs little is less valued.

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.

Digo, paciencia y barajar. What I say is, patience, and shuffle the cards.

A wise man does not trust all his eggs to one basket.