The lance never blunted the pen, nor the pen the lance.

Some suggestions for you :

Pretend you're in great danger, and you'll find out if you have any friends.

For the bad weather, a cheerful face.

It takes two to make a quarrel but only one to end it.

There's nobody can prevent you getting into heaven, but there are many always ready to give you a shove into hell.

Envy follows merit like the shadow follows the body.

Many things are too bad to be blessed, and too good to be cursed.

Eyes that see do not grow old.

Fleeing and running are not the same thing.

Taste in variety, variety in taste.

He who steals in order to give to god can only get advice from the devil.

A favor given to man is appreciated by none.

Renounce a friend who covers you with his wings and destroys you with his beak.

There is taste in variety, and variety in taste.

There's nothing worse for an intelligent person than to put a fool beside him.