If you do anything well, gratitude is lighter than a feather; if you give offense in anything, people's wrath is as heavy as lead.

I am undone! I have smashed the waggon. [I have ruined all.]

When you fly from temptation, don't leave a forwarding address. Where there's smoke there's fire.

Fortitude is a great help in distress.

All good men and women should be on their guard to avoid guilt, and even the suspicion of it.

To an honest man, it is an honor to have remembered his duty.

If you strike the goads with your fists, your hands suffer most.