“The proof of the pudding is in the eating”

“The more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it. ”

“There are so many things about which some old man ought to tell one while one is little; for when one is grown one would know them as a matter of course”

“Once bitten twice shy”

“It's better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all ”

“Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened”