“Half-wits talk much, but say little.”
“Great beauty, great strength, and great riches are really and truly of no great use; a right heart exceeds all”
“Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards.”
“Keep thy eyes wide open before marriage and half shut afterward.”
“If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.”
“A great empire, like a great cake, is most easily diminished at the edges.”