A word from the mouth is like a stone from a sling.
A young woman is to an old man the horse that he rides to hell.
Advise no one to go to war or to marry.
After one vice a greater follows.
Always be patient with the rich and powerful.
An absent saint gets no candles.
An ailing woman lives forever.
An empty stomach will not listen to anything.
An old ox makes a straight furrow.
An ounce of blood is worth more than a pound of friendship.
An ounce of mother is worth a ton of priest.
April and May make meal for the whole year.
As the abbot sings the sacristan responds.
Ask for too much in order to get enough.
At twenty a man will be a peacock, at thirty a lion, at forty a camel, at fifty a serpent, at sixty a dog, at seventy a monkey, and at eighty nothing.
Avoid a friend who covers you with his wings and destroys you with his beak.
Beads about the neck, and the devil in the heart.
Beauty and chastity are always quarreling.
Better a friendly refusal than an unwilling consent.
Better a good hope than a bad possession.
Better a quiet death than a public misfortune.
