A fox should not be on the jury at a goose's trial.

He who cures a disease may be the skillfullest, but he that prevents it is the safest physician.

If you have one true friend you have more than your share.

There is nothing that so much gratifies an ill tongue as when it finds an angry heart.

Prayer: the key of the day and the lock of the night.

First get an absolute conquest over thyself, and then thou wilt easily govern thy wife.

Memory is the treasure house of the mind wherein the monuments thereof are kept and preserved.