"Whether the pitcher hits the stone or the stone hits the pitcher, it goes ill with the pitcher."

"Leap out of the frying pan into the fire."

"Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long and wise experience."

"No hay refran que no sea verdadero."

"Now had Aurora displayed her mantle over the blushing skies, and dark night withdrawn her sable veil."

"Sure as a gun."

"Experience, the universal Mother of Sciences."

"Thank you for nothing."

"I tell thee, that is Mambrino's helmet."

"Sing away sorrow, cast away care."