Rien ne sert de courir il faut partir à point
~ Jean De La Fontaine
Everyone believes very easily whatever he fears or desires.
Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
Never sell the bear's skin before one has killed the beast.
Rather suffer than die is man's motto.
Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
In this world we must help one another.
I bend but I do not break.
Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
He knows the universe and does not know himself.
Help yourself and heaven will help you.
From a distance it is something and nearby it is nothing.
Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
By the work one knows the workman.
Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.
Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
It is impossible to please all the world and one's father.
A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
