There is no pride like that of a beggar grown rich
Life works out - but not as you expect it
Life is an onion and one peels it crying
Lazy people are always eager to be doing something
Many are esteemed, only because they are not known
One should choose a wife with the ears, rather than with the eyes
One for sorrow; two for mirth; three for a wedding; four for a birth.
Only he who does nothing makes a mistake
France is an absolute monarchy tempered by songs
God is on the side of the strongest battalions
He who comes from afar may lie without fear of contradiction as he is sure to be listened to with the utmost attention
He who is judge between two friends loses one of them
He who is anxious for the death of another has a long rope to pull
He who fears to suffer, suffers from fear
It is only the tree loaded with fruit that the people throw stones at
That day is lost on which one has not laughed
The art of pleasing is the art of deceiving
To leave a place is to die a little
When a man begins to reason, he ceases to feel
To want to forget something is to think of it
Don't find fault with what you don't understand
The stable wears out a horse more than the road
The silence of the people is a warning for the king
The sign of wisdom is a continual cheerfulness.
Tell me who you frequent and I will tell you who you are
Pray, pray very much; but beware of telling God what you want
An honest man is hurt by praise unjustly bestowed
A big nose never spoils a pretty face
In the forehead and the eye The lecture of the mind doth lie.
In the kingdom of the blind men, those who are blessed with one eye are kings
The greatest evidence of demoralization is the respect paid to wealth