“A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.”

“A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we then know how to meet him.”

“A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth.”

“After all is said and done, more is said than done.”

“Any excuse will serve a tyrant.”

“Appearances are often deceiving.”

“Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.”

“Destroy the seed of evil, or it will grow up to your ruin.”

“Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.”

“Don't let your special character and values, the secret that you know and no one else does, the truth - don't let that get swallowed up by the great chewing complacency.”

“Example is the best precept.”

“Familiarity breeds contempt.”

“Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.”

“He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own.”

“He that is discontented in one place will seldom be happy in another.”

“Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten.”

“It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.”

“It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow.”

“Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.”

“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.”

“Persuasion is often more effectual than force.”

“Slow but steady wins the race.”

“The level of our success is limited only by our imagination and no act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted.”

“The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over.”

“We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.”

“We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction.”