Poverty comes from God, but not dirt.
Ignorance and conceit go hand in hand.
Better eat onions all thy life than dine upon geese and chickens once and then long in vain for more ever after.
Go to sleep without supper, but rise without debt.
Do not live near a pious fool.
If thy friends agree in calling thee an ass, go and get a halter around thee.
Love your wife truly and faithfully, and do not compel her to hard work.
When our conjugal love was strong, the width of the threshold offered sufficient accommodation for both of us; but now that it has cooled down, a couch sixty yards wide is too narrow.
Man is generally led the way which he is inclined to go.
If the thief has no opportunity, he thinks himself honorable.