The fraud is not complete unless it be practised upon clever and cunning persons.
He is like the perverse porter who calls upon God only when he is under the load.
A lock is better than suspicion.
The belly rules the mind.
Life is like stepping onto a boat that is about to sail out to sea and sink.
The most important point is to accept yourself and stand on your two feet.
Evil enters like a needle and spreads like an oak tree.
A bankrupt and an usurer do not disagree.
He who cooks a bad thing, eats of it.
He who is not ashamed does whatever he likes.