"Be the first to the field and the last to the couch."

"A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom."

"He who is drowned is not troubled by the rain."

"Keep your broken arm inside your sleeve."

"When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other."

"Do not remove a fly from your friend's forehead with a hatchet."

"Examine what is said, not him who speaks."

"Go often to the house of thy friend; for weeds soon choke up the unused path."

"If you scatter thorns, don't go barefoot."

"Raise your sail one foot and you get ten feet of wind."

"Praise youth and it will prosper."

"Never give a child a sword."