He is a foolish swimmer who swims against the stream, when he might take the current sideways.

Often they benefit who suffer wrong.

We are slow to believe that which if believed would hurt our feelings.

How little you know about the age you live in if you think that honey is sweeter than cash in hand

Take the advice of light when you're looking at linens or jewels; Looking at faces or forms, take the advice of the day.

Brass shines with constant usage, a beautiful dress needs wearing,Leave a house empty, it rots.

Time itself flows on with constant motion, just like a river: for no more than a river can the fleeting hour stand still. As wave is driven on by wave, and, itself pursued, pursues the one before, so the moments of time at once flee and follow, and are ever new.