Let every man look before he leaps.

The man who is prepared has his battle half fought.

What a man has, so much he is sure of.

Blessed be he who invented sleep, a cloak that covers all a man's thoughts.

I had rather munch a crust of brown bread and an onion in a corner, without any more ado, or ceremony, than feed upon turkey at another man's table.

A little in one's own pocket is better than much in another man's purse.

Happy the man to whom heaven has given a morsel of bread without laying him under the obligation of thanking any other for it than heaven itself.

Tis ill talking of halters in the house of a man that was hanged.

There is no greater folly in the world than for a man to despair.