“The absent feel and fear every ill.”—I. 25.
“Many think to find bacon where there are not even hooks to hang it on.”—I. 25; II. 55, 65, 73.
“He who does not intend to pay is not troubled in making his bargain.”—I. 28.
“The danger is generally in the delay.”—I. 29, 46; II. 41, 71.
“A bird in the hand is better than an eagle on the wing.”—I. 31; II. 12, 71.
“We must suit our behaviour to the occasion.”—I. 31; II. 3.
“To know where the shoe pinches.”—I. 32.
“You often find a good drinker under a bad cloak.”—I. 33.
“He who gives quickly, gives twice.”—I. 34.
“There is a great distance between said and done.”—I. 46.