Look and see which way the wind blows before you commit yourself.
It is one thing to conceive a good plan, and another to execute it.
Adversity tests the sincerity of friends.
All men are more concerned to recover what they lose than to acquire what they lack.
A liar will not be believed even when he speaks the truth.
Better poverty without a care than wealth with its many obligations.
Better beans and bacon in peace than cakes and ale in fear.