“When one comes to comfort a young widow, he does not mean to perform a good deed.”

Hope for miracles, but don’t rely on one.

Who wins first, loses last.

Money buys everything but good sense.

If things are not as you wish, wish them as they are.

If it must always be better, it can never be good enough.

The cold strengthens you more than hunger.

What can you do with a good cow that gives a lot of milk and then kicks the bucket over

When Dame Fortune calls, offer her a chair.

Lost years are worse than lost dollars.

Old age, to the unlearned, is winter; to the learned, it’s harvest time.

What you don’t see with your eyes, don’t invent with your mouth.

Small children won’t let you sleep, bigger children won’t let you live.

When both parties are right, it’s a bad day for “right.”

You can throw a cat whoever you want; it always falls on its feet.

Make new friends, but don’t forget the old ones.

Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven.