There was never a good war, or a bad peace.
The best is the cheapest.
Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late.
You may delay, but time will not.
He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.
The way to see by Faith is to shut the Eye of Reason.
The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.
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.
If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.