A father may have a child who is ugly and lacking in all the graces, and the love he feels for him puts a blindfold over his eyes so that he does not see his defects but considers them signs of charm and intelligence and recounts them to his friends as if they were clever and witty.

Other men's pains are easily borne.

Tis a dainty thing to command, though 'twere but a flock of sheep.

You must not think, sir, to catch old birds with chaff.

Fair and softly goes far.

Tis ill talking of halters in the house of a man that was hanged.

I have always heard, Sancho, that doing good to base fellows is like throwing water into the sea.