Things Unhoped For Happen Oftener Than Things

To Waste One's Breath; To Pump Into A Sieve.

Wine Is A Cunning Wrestler.

I Much Prefer A Compliment, Even If Insincere, To Sincere Criticism.

This Is The Great Evil In Wine, It First Seizes The Feet; It Is A Cunning Wrestler. [lat., Magnum Hoc Vitium Vino Est, Pedes Captat Primum; Luctator Dolosu Est.]

Your Piping-hot Lie Is The Best Of Lies.