If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.
Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late.
Wars are not paid for in wartime, the bill comes later.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
Take time for all things: great haste makes great waste.
Tomorrow, every fault is to be amended; but that tomorrow never comes.
The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.
Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, and half shut afterwards.
Even peace may be purchased at too high a price.
Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade?