A silly remark can be made in Latin as well as in Spanish.

Every man was not born with a silver spoon in his mouth.

Until death it is all life.

Truth may be stretched, but cannot be broken, and always gets above falsehood, as does oil above water.

By such innovations are languages enriched, when the words are adopted by the multitude, and naturalized by custom.

One should not talk of hatters in the house of the hanged.

Do but take care to express yourself in a plain, easy Manner, in well-chosen, significant and decent Terms, and to give a harmonious and pleasing Turn to your Periods: study to explain your Thoughts, and set them in the truest Light, labouring as much as possible, not to leave them dark nor intricate, but clear and intelligible.