"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."

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

"Experience, the universal Mother of Sciences."

"Can we ever have too much of a good thing?"

"Let none presume to tell me that the pen is preferable to the sword."

"Give me but that, and let the world rub; there I'll stick."

"Thank you for nothing."