“Truth is the safest lie.”
“Just as courage imperils life, fear protects it.”
“He who puts up with insult invites injury.”
“God could not be everywhere, and therefore he created mothers.”
“People come to poverty in two ways: accumulating debts and paying them off.”
“Ask about your neighbors, before you buy the house.”
“Look for the good, not the evil, in the conduct of members of your family.”
“Never trust the person who tells you all his troubles but keeps from you all his joys.”
“Don’t be too sweet lest you be eaten up; don’t be too bitter lest you be spewed out.”
“With money in your pocket you are wise, you are handsome, and you sing well too.”
“The innkeeper loves a drunkard, but not for a son-in-law.”
“A half-truth is a whole lie.”
“If the rich could hire someone else to die for them, the poor would make a wonderful living.”