To serve our elders is a duty, our equals it is polite, but serving the young is humiliating.
To set fire to a church is not so bad as to speak ill of a virgin.
Warm bed, cold food.
We won the war, but lost peace.
What is it to be a gentleman? Firstly it is to be thankful and secondly to complain.
What is the use of a big wide world when your shoes are too small?
What makes you tired makes you stronger.
When a stepmother moves in, the father becomes a stepfather.
When big bells ring, little ones are not heard.
When coins rattle, philosophers are silent.
When your wine is finished, conversation ends; when your money has been spent, you lose your friends.
Where there are no dogs the wolves will howl.
You can judge what you make by what others make.
You don't need a candle to look for a fool.
You never get a headache from winning.
