Sayings to ponder
From Sayings Usual & Unusual of the Wordsworth Reference Series (2007)
He will never have a good thing cheap that is afraid to ask the price
Better alone unattached than unsuitably matched
He that laughs when he is alone will make sport in company
The unexpected always happens
He that asks faintly begs a denial
If you wish to know a man, give him authority
It takes two blows to make a battle
He who begins many things, finishes but few