You are a devil at everything, and there is no kin...

You are a devil at everything, and there is no kind of thing in the 'versal world but what you can turn your hand into.

Be slow of tongue and quick of eye.

Those who will play with cats must expect to be scratched.

I believe there's no proverb but what is true; they are all so many sentences and maxims drawn from experience, the universal mother of sciences.

Liberty, as well as honor, man ought to preserve at the hazard of his life, for without it life is insupportable

There are but few proverbial sayings that are not true, for they are all drawn from experience itself, which is the mother of all sciences.

You are a devil at ...