It is best to know the worst at once.
The Bell never rings of itself; unless some one handles or moves it it is dumb.
Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words.
It is difficult to fly without wings.
Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather: injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.
Consider the little mouse, how sagacious an animal it is which never entrusts its life to one hole only.