Dictionaries are like watches, the worst is better than none and the best cannot be expected to go quite true.
He who would have fine guests, let him have a fine wife.
Men are like stone jugs - you may lug them where you like by the ears.
Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
As pride sometimes is hid under humility, idleness if often covered by turbulence and hurry.
It is better to suffer wrong than to do it.