A tooth is much more to be prized than a diamond.

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.

Honesty's the best policy.

Let us not throw the rope after the bucket.

"From what I have seen here," remarked Sancho, "justice is so good a thing that even robbers find it necessary."

Well, there's a remedy for all things but death, which will be sure to lay us flat one time or other.

Necessity urges desperate measures.