You must not think, sir, to catch old birds with chaff.
The foolish sayings of the rich pass for wise saws in society.
Love and war are the same thing, and stratagems and policy are as allowable in the one as in the other.
It is better that a judge should lean on the side of compassion than severity.
We must not stand upon trifles.
Troubles take wing for the man who can sing.