Believe none of what you hear and half of what you see.
He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.
The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.
The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.
The best is the cheapest.
Beware of the little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship.
I know not which lives more unnatural lives, obeying husbands or commanding wives.
An undutiful daughter will prove an unmanageable wife.
To find out a girl’s faults, praise her to her girl friends.
Do good to your friends to keep them, to your enemies to win them.
