If an ass goes travelling he will not come home a horse.
He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself; for every man has need to be forgiven.
Better break your word than do worse in keeping it.
A lie has no leg, but a scandal has wings.
The more wit the less courage.
Thou oughtest to be nice, even to Superstition, in keeping thy Promises; and therefore thou shouldst be equally cautious in making them.