“Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.”

“Better beans and bacon in peace than cakes and ale in fear.”

“A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.”

“He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own. ”

“Wise men say nothing in dangerous times”

“A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we then know how to meet him.”

“Every man carries two bags about him, one in front and one behind, and both are full of faults. The bag in front contains his neighbors' faults, the one behind his own. Hence it is that men do not see their own faults, but never fail to see those of others.”