There are but few proverbial sayings that are not true, for they are all drawn from experience itself, which is the mother of all sciences.

Love is invisible and comes and goes where it wants, without anyone asking about it.

I had rather munch a crust of brown bread and an onion in a corner, without any more ado, or ceremony, than feed upon turkey at another man's table.

The bow cannot always stand bent, nor can human frailty subsist without some lawful recreation.

Men of great talents, whether poets or historians, seldom escape the attacks of those who, without ever favoring the world with any production of their own, take delight in criticising the works of others.

Sleep is the best cure for waking troubles.

He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all.