Epigrams succeed where epics fail.
Once I had the strength but no wisdom now I have the wisdom but no strength.
He who has been bitten by a snake fears a piece of string.
It takes ten pounds of common sense to carry one pound of learning.
Use your enemy’s hand to catch a snake.
The blind man is laughing at the bald head.
He who wants a rose must respect the thorn.
The loveliest of faces are to be seen by moonlight when one sees half with the eye and half with the fancy.