“Never give advice in a crowd.”
“A friend is known when needed.”
“He who eats alone chokes alone.”
“None but a mule denies his family.”
“When danger approaches, sing to it.”
“The enemy of my enemy is my friend.”
“A wise man's day is worth a fool's life.”
“Examine what is said, not him who speaks.”
“Pardon is the choicest flower of victory.”
“Lying and stealing are next door neighbors.”
“The sinning is the best part of repentance.”
“The tree of silence bears the fruit of peace.”
“Good to sell knowledge for labor, honor for risk.”
“The words of tongue should have three gate keepers.”
“The devil tempts all men, but idle men tempt the devil.”
“Death was afraid of him because he had the heart of a lion.”
“Do not tell a friend anything you would conceal from an enemy.”
“Those who foretell the future lies, even if he tells the truth.”
“He who has health, has hope. And he who has hope, has everything.”
“If begging should unfortunately be thy lot, knock at the large gates only.”
“The whisper of a pretty girl can be heard further than the roar of a lion.”
“Throw a lucky man into the sea, and he will come up with a fish in his mouth.”
“A man profits more by the sight of an idiot than by the orations of the learned.”
“If power is for sale, sell your mother to buy it. You can always buy her back again.”
“When you have spoken the word, it reigns over you. When it is unspoken you reign over it.”
“Four things come not back. The spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, and the neglected opportunity.”
“All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move.”
“I came to the place of my birth and cried, ''The friends of my youth, where are they?'' And echo answered, ''Where are they?''”
“Marriage is like a besieged castle; those who are on the outside wish to get in; and those who are on the inside wish to get out.”