Nothing is there more friendly to a man than a friend in need.

The greatest talents often lie buried out of sight.

'He means well' is useless unless he does well.

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

Slander-mongers and those who listen to slander, if I had my way, would all be strung up, the talkers by the tongue, the listeners by the ears.

That which you know, know not; and that which you see, see not.

Courage is to take hard knocks like a man when occasion calls.