“Speaking without thinking is shooting without taking aim.”
“Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you.”
“If your house is on fire warm yourself by it.”
“From a fallen tree make kindling.”
“You can't catch trout with dry breeches.”
“Self-knowledge is the beginning of self-improvement.”
“If I die I forgive you: if I recover we shall see.”
“God delays but doesn't forget.”
“When fire and water are at war it is the fire that loses.”