If a man’s character is to be abused there’s nobody like a relative to do the business.
Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
Never find fault with the absent.
The hungry judges soon the sentence sign, and wretches hang that jurymen may dine.
Hope travels through, nor quits us when we die.
Not always actions show the man; we find who does a kindness is not therefore kind.
‘Tis not enough your counsel still be true; Blunt truths more mischief than nice falsehoods do.
Not to go back is somewhat to advance, and men must walk, at least, before they dance.
