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

A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience.

Time ripens all things; no man is born wise.

Time ripens all things; no man is born wise.

All kinds of beauty do not inspire love; there is a kind which only pleases the sight, but does not captivate the affections. [Sp., No todas hermosuras enamoran, que algunas alegran la vista, y no rinden la voluntad.]

Said the pot to the kettle, "Get away, blackface." [Sp., Dijo la sarten a la caldera, quitate alla ojinegra.]