“It is other people’s burdens that kill the ass.”—II. 13.
“If the blind lead the blind, both are in danger of falling into the ditch.”—II. 13.
“There is no road so level as to have no rough places.”—II. 13.
“To know how many three and two make.—II. 13, 36.
“The lance never blunted the pen, nor the pen the lance.”—II. 16.
“Between a woman’s Yes and No I would not venture to stick the point of a pin.”—II. 19.
“For God who sends the wounds, sends the cure.”—II. 19.
“Love looks through spectacles which make copper appear gold, riches poverty, and weak eyes distil pearls.”—II. 19.
“Every sheep with his fellow.”—II. 19.
“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.”—II. 20.