Fortune leaves always some door open to come at a remedy.

No man is more than another unless he does more than another.

Do not eat garlic or onions; for their smell will reveal that you are a peasant.

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

The most difficult character in comedy is that of the fool, and he must be no simpleton that plays that part.

A stout heart breaks bad luck.

Translating from one language to another, unless it is from Greek and Latin, the queens of all languages, is like looking at Flemish tapestries from the wrong side, for although the figures are visible, they are covered by threads that obscure them, and cannot be seen with the smoothness and color of the right side.