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"Now had Aurora displayed her mantle over the blushing skies, and dark night withdrawn her sable veil."

"Experience, the universal Mother of Sciences."

"Take care, Your Worship, those things over there are not giants but windmills."

"Thank you for nothing."

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

"Sing away sorrow, cast away care."