Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any of his best wishes.
The proof of the pudding is the eating.
Take my advice and live for a long, long time. Because the maddest thing a man can do is this life is to let himself die.
Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our deeds.
An honest man's word is as good as his bond.
Under a bad cloak there is often a good drinker