It is madness for sheep to talk peace with a wolf.
Memory depends very much on the perspicuity, regularity, and order of our thoughts. Many complain of the want of memory, when the defect is in the judgment; and others, by grasping at all, retain nothing.
'Tis skill, not strength, that governs a ship.
He's my friend that speaks well of me behind my back.
A wise man turns chance into good fortune.
Be a friend to thyself, and others will be so too.