If there is no wind, row.
If you always live with those who are lame, you will yourself learn to limp.
It is easier to pull down than to build up.
It is the part of a good shepherd to shear his flock, not to skin it.
Keep quiet and people will think you a philosopher.
Laugh, if you are wise.
Light griefs can speak, but deeper ones are dumb.
Live your own life, for you will die your own death.
Make haste slowly.
Many meet the gods, but few salute them.
Many promises impair confidence.
Nature is our mother.
Never give a child a sword.
Never take the antidote before the poison.
No gain is so certain as that which proceeds from the economical use of what you already have.
No man can swim ashore and carry his baggage with him.
No man ever became wicked all at once.
No matter her past, when a chambermaid marries a lord she becomes a lady.
Of no worldly good can the joy be perfect, unless it is shared by a friend.
Often a silent face has voice and words.
Often there is eloquence in a silent gaze.
