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- Well begun is half done.
- Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC), Politics (quoting a proverb)
- The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages is preserved into perpetuity by a nation's proverbs, fables, folk sayings and quotations.
- William Feather (1908 - 1976)
- If you wish to know what a man is, place him in authority.
- Yugoslav Proverb
- Books are hindrances to persisting stupidity.
- Spanish Proverb
- Teachers open the door. You enter by yourself.
- Chinese Proverb
- It is honourable to be accused by those who deserve to be accused.
- Latin Proverb
- To a quick question, give a slow answer.
- Italian Proverb
- To him that you tell your secret you resign your liberty.
- Anonymous, Proverb
- As the old proverb says "Like readily consorts with like."
- Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC)
- As I was walking among the fires of Hell,
delighted with the enjoyments of Genius;
which to Angels look like torment and insanity.
I collected some of their Proverbs. - William Blake (1757 - 1827), "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell", 1790
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