“Union gives strength.”
“Plodding wins the race.”
“Obscurity brings safety.”
“Appearances are deceptive.”
“In union there is strength.”
“Example is the best precept.”
“Slow and steady wins the race.”
“Little by little does the trick.”
“Please all, and you will please none.”
“Wealth unused might as well not exist.”
“Enemies promises were made to be broken.”
“Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.”
“It is easy to be brave when far away from danger.”
“Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth.”
“Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.”
“We would often be sorry if our wishes were granted.”
“Our insignificance is often the cause of our safety.”
“Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing.”
“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.”
“The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others.”
“We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction.”
“Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.”
“We should look to the mind, and not to the outward appearance.”
“Fools take to themselves the respect that is given to their office.”
“He that is discontented in one place will seldom be content in another.”
“Men often bear little grievances with less courage than they do large misfortunes.”
“The injuries we do and the injuries we suffer are seldom weighed on the same scales.”
“The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over.”
“Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit; and it is but common prudence to see our way out before we venture in.”
“There once was a Bald Man who sat down after work on a hot summer's day. A Fly came up and kept buzzing about his bald pate, and stinging him from time to time. The Man aimed a blow at his little enemy, but - whack - his palm come on his own head instead; again the Fly tormented him, but this time the Man was wiser and said: ''YOU WILL ONLY INJURE YOURSELF IF YOU TAKE NOTICE OF DISPICABLE ENEMIES.''”