"Proverbs may not improperly be called the philosophy of the common people."

"The creditor hath a better memory than the debtor."

"Burn not thy fingers to snuff another man's candle."

"One hair of a woman can draw more than a hundred pair of oxen."

"Respect a man, he will do it the more."

"All we can do is be better prepared today than yesterday and better prepared tomorrow than today."

"Who has the fame to be an early riser may sleep till noon."

"This life at best is but an inn, And we the passengers."