Everyone believes very easily whatever he fears or desires.
Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it: nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the thing.
Never sell the bear’s skin before one has killed the beast.
Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.
Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
It is impossible to please all the world and one’s father.
A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.