Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world
The proof of the pudding is the eating.
Anyone who does not know how to make the most of his luck has no right to complain if it passes by him.
Our hours in love have wings; in absence, crutches.
Folly is wont to have more followers and comrades than discretion.
By the streets of 'by and by,' one arrives at the house of 'never'.