Those whom God wishes to destroy, he first makes mad.

One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.

Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness.

Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.

Do not plan for ventures before finishing what's at hand.

Better a serpent than a stepmother!

Love is all we have, the only way that each can help the other.

Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings.

Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday. Tragedy isn't getting something or failure to get it; it's losing something you already have. Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.

Real friendship is shown in times of trouble; prosperity is full of friends.

Silence and chaste reserve is woman's genuine praise, and to remain quiet within the house.

What sets the market price for a product or a service? The demand

Nothing is more like a wise man than a fool who holds his tongue.

The foundations of the world are to be found, not in the cognitive experience of conscious thought, but in the aesthetic experience of everyday life.

Before the seed there comes the thought of bloom.

I believe the destiny of your generation - and your nation - is a rendezvous with excellence.

Don't drag the engine, like an ignoramus, but bring wood and water and flame, like an engineer.

Carbon dioxide is portrayed as harmful. But there isn't even one study that can be produced that shows that carbon dioxide is a harmful gas.

Do not reproach a man with his misfortunes, fearing lest Nemesis may overtake you.

That cannot be a true religion which needs carnal weapons to uphold it.