It's up to brave hearts, sir, to be patient when things are going badly, as well as being happy when they're going well ... For I've heard that what they call fortune is a flighty woman who drinks too much, and, what's more, she's blind, so she can't see what she's doing, and she doesn't know who she's knocking over or who she's raising up.

Whom God loves, his house is sweet to him.

In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.

Does the devil possess you? You're leaping over the hedge before you come at the stile.

Never meddle with play-actors, for they're a favoured race.

With life many things are remedied.

Be temperate in your drinking, remembering that too much wine cannot keep either a secret or a promise.