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Lovers are commonly industrious to make themselves uneasy.
What man can pretend to know the riddle of a woman's mind?
A silly remark can be made in Latin as well as in Spanish.
Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our deeds.
Forewarned, forearmed; to be prepared is half the victory.
Never look for birds of this year in the nests of the last.
It is courage that vanquishes in war, and not good weapons.
Never meddle with play-actors, for they're a favoured race.
Since we have a good loaf, let us not look for cheesecakes.
Captivity is the greatest of all evils that can befall one.
The good governor should have a broken leg and keep at home.
Every tooth in a man's head is more valuable than a diamond.
When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies?
All women are good - good for nothing, or good for something.
The stomach carries the heart, and not the heart the stomach.
No man is more than another unless he does more than another.
True valor lies in the middle between cowardice and rashness.
Bien predica quien bien vive. He preaches well who lives well.
Get the better of yourself - this is the best kind of victory.
The eating. By a small sample we may judge of the whole piece.
The pitcher goes so often to the fountain that if gets broken.
The foolish sayings of the rich pass for wise saws in society.
Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.
In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.
Nothing costs less nor is cheaper than compliments of civility.
That which we are capable of feeling, we are capable of saying.
Our greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within.
Abundance, even of good things, prevents them from being valued
He that will not when he may, When he would, he should have nay.
For if he like a madman lived; At least he like a wise one died.
Love is a power too strong to be overcome by anything but flight.
Tis ill talking of halters in the house of a man that was hanged.
There is no greater folly in the world than for a man to despair.
Tis a dainty thing to command, though twere but a flock of sheep.
There is nothing so subject to the inconstancy of fortune as war.
When good luck knocks at the door, let him in and keep him there.
Folly is wont to have more followers and comrades than discretion.
Fly not, cowards and vile beings, for a single knight attacks you.
'Tis ill talking of halters in the house of a man that was hanged.
Tis a dainty thing to command, though 'twere but a flock of sheep.
It is one thing to praise discipline, and another to submit to it.
I know what's what, and have always taken care of the main chance.
Every man is as heaven made him, and sometimes a great deal worse.
Everyone is as God has made him, and oftentimes a great deal worse.
By the streets of 'by and by,' one arrives at the house of 'never'.
Beware, gentle knight - the greatest monster of them all is reason.
True courage lies in the middle, between cowardice and recklessness.
I drink when I have occasion, and sometimes when I have no occasion.
Woman's advice has little value, but he who won't take it is a fool.
The very remembrance of my former misfortune proves a new one to me.