Good is not good, where better is expected
Men are more prone to revenge injuries than to requite kindness.
First get an absolute conquest over thyself, and then thou wilt easily govern thy wife.
Wine hath drowned more men than the sea.
Let him who expects one class of society to prosper in the highest degree, while the other is in distress, try whether one side; of the face can smile while the other is pinched.
Abused patience turns to fury.