“Don’t make a mountain out of a molehill.”
“First mend yourself, and then mend others.”
“Do not be wise in words – be wise in deeds.”
“A half-truth is a whole lie.”
“A bird that you set free may be caught again, but a word that escapes your lips will not return.”
“A mother understands what a child does not say.”
“A pessimist, confronted with two bad choices, chooses both.”
“All things grow with time, except grief.”
“Among those who stand, do not sit; among those who sit, do not stand. Among those who laugh, do not weep; among those who weep, do not laugh.”
“As you teach, you learn.”
“Ask about your neighbors, then buy the house.”
“Do not meet troubles half-way.”
“He that does not bring up his son to some honest calling and employment, brings him up to be a thief.”
“He that can’t endure the bad, will not live to see the good.”
“Hospitality is one form of worship.”
“Don’t open a shop unless you know how to smile.”
