A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.

No barber shaves so close but another finds his work.

Take heed you do not find what you do not seek.

Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.

He that seeks trouble never misses.

Be not deceived with the first appearance of things, for show is not substance.

A good beginning makes a good end.

Who is so deaf or so blind as he that willfully will neither hear nor see?

The first faults are theirs that commit them, the second theirs that permit them.

Sorrow for a husband is like a pain in the elbow, sharp and short.