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A word in season is most precious.
Don't make much ado about nothing.
A false tale often betrays itself.
Zeal should not outrun discretion.
Only cowards insult dying majesty.
Good things come in small packages.
What a splendid head, yet no brain.
We learn from the things we suffer.
Familiarity gives rise to contempt.
Change of habit cannot alter Nature.
It pays to be content with your lot.
Little liberties are great offenses.
Kindness effects more than severity.
Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.
Notoriety is often mistaken for fame.
Please all, and you will please none.
Beware of a wolf in sheep's clothing.
Wealth unused might as well not exist.
Example is more powerful than precept.
A man is known by the company he keeps
Little friends may prove great friends.
Wise men say nothing in dangerous times
It is useless attacking the insensible.
The gods help them who help themselves.
Never soar aloft on an enemy's pinions.
After the rain cometh the fair weather.
Kindness is more persuasive than force.
Uninvited guests seldom meet a welcome.
Labour is the source of every blessing.
Those who suffer most cry out the least.
Adversity tests the sincerity of friends
If words suffice not, blows must follow.
Enemies' promises were made to be broken.
He that has many friends, has no friends.
Give assistance, not advice, in a crisis.
It is easy to despise what you cannot get
Better to starve free than be a fat slave
Straw shows which way the wind is blowing.
Self-conceit may lead to self destruction.
The cat always leaves a mark on his friend.
Conceit may bring about one's own downfall.
We often despise what is most useful to us.
One story sounds good until another is told
Great determination can overcome most odds.
Evil companions bring more hurt than profit.
None but those who work are entitled to eat.
False friends leave you in times of trouble.
It is easy to kick a person when he is down.
It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.
Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten.