Mere flimflam stories, and nothing but shams and lies.
The wise hand does not all the tongue dictates.
They can expect nothing but their labor for their pains. - Cervantes
A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience.
The brave man carves out his fortune, and every man is the sum of his own works.
The pen is the language of the soul; as the concepts that in it are generated, such will be its writings.