Where There Are Friends There Is Wealth.

I've Seen Many Men Avoid The Region Of Good Advice Before They Were Really Near It.

Not Every Age Is Fit For Childish Sports.

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

I Have Lost My Oil And My Labor. (labored In Vain.) [lat., Oleum Et Operam Perdidi.]

Know Not What You Know, And See Not What You See. [lat., Etiam Illud Quod Scies Nesciveris; Ne Videris Quod Videris.]