“A friend is someone who shares your happiness and your pains.”

A secret for two, soon a secret for nobody.

Patience is the key to paradise.

The absent has always got a justification.

Since we didn’t say anything, he thought he could do whatever he wanted to.

Who got it, did get it; and who left it, did regret it.

Do bad and remember, do good and forget.

The one whose belly isn’t full of straw isn’t afraid of fire.

Cross the loud river but don’t cross the silent one.

There is an excess of familiarity at the root of all hostility.

As we didn’t say a word, he thought he could do anything he liked.

One hand can’t applaud.

Speak kindly or refrain you from talking.

A sensible enemy is better than a narrow-minded friend.

When I think of the others’s misfortunes, I forget mine.

When he was alive, he looked enviously at any dates. When he died, they hung a bunch for him.

Your eye is the only way you can judge things.