History is more or less bunk.
You never know how a horse will pull until you hook him up to a heavy load.
Bacchus hath drowned more men than Neptune.
The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value.
Americans will put up with anything provided it doesn't block traffic.
In real life, unlike in Shakespeare, the sweetness of the rose depends upon the name it bears. Things are not only what they are. They are, in very important respects, what they seem to be.
It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them.