All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.
The traveller with empty pockets will sing in the thief 's face.
It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.
It is difficult not to write satire.
Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.
There is hardly a case in which the dispute was not caused by a woman.