“Sight before hearsay.”
“Blame is a lazy man's wages.”
“Eggs and oaths are easily broken.”
“Unwilling service earns no thanks.”
“Faint hearts never win fair ladies.”
“Wise care keeps what it has gained.”
“Many have too much, but none enough.”
“Big words seldom accompany good deeds.”
“Your friendship is your needs answered.”
“Slander expires at a good woman's door.”
“Fish and guests smell at three days old.”
“The nobler the blood the less the pride.”
“Wise men do not quarrel with each other.”
“The road to a friend's house is never long.”
“Rust consumes iron and envy consumes itself.”
“Better to ask twice than to lose your way once.”
“No one is rich enough to do without a neighbor.”
“Better suffer for the truth than proper in a falsehood.”
“The sky is not less blue because the blind man does not see it.”
“Unworthy offspring brag the most about their worthy descendants.”