“Children understand more than you think, so adults shouldn’t talk too loud about their secrets when kids are around.”

Since we cannot get what we like, let us like what we can get.

To own is to fear.

Life without a friend is death without a witness.

To the good listener, half a word is enough.

Drink nothing without seeing it Sign nothing without reading it.

No one is rich enough to do without a neighbor.

Walk till the blood appears on the cheek, but not the sweat on the brow.

You may force a horse to the water, but you cannot make him drink.

Wisdom goes not always by years.

The most difficult mountain to cross is the threshold.

Ambition and revenge are always hungry.

What you are is God’s gift to you what you do with yourself is your gift to God.

What is sweet in the mouth is not always good in the stomach.

When it rains on the priest, it dribbles on the bellringer. another: You can tell a louse by its walk.

If your house is on fire, warm yourself by it.

The road to a friend’s house is never long.