"Reverence thy preceptors: shun the conversation of those whom thou desirest not to resemble, and receive not in vain …"

"Tout vient à point à qui sait attendre."

"Oignez vilain, il vous poindra. Poignez vilain, il vous oindra."

"Make three bites of a cherry."

"A baker's dozen."

"Strike the iron whilst it is hot."

"Readers, friends, if you turn these pages Put your prejudice aside, For, really, there's nothing here that's outrageo…"

"Je m'en vais chercher un grand peut-être; tirez le rideau, la farce est jouée."

"Appetite comes with eating, says Angeston. But the thirst goes away with drinking."

"Revenons à nos moutons"