"A friend is one to whom one may pour out all the contents of one's heart, chaff and grain together, knowing that the gentlest of hands will take and sift it, keep what is worth keeping and with a breath of kindness blow the rest away."
"Dwell not upon thy weariness, thy strength shall be according to the measure of thy desire."
"Examine what is said, not him who speaks."
"If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart."
"Make your bargain before beginning to plow."
"A chameleon does not leave one tree until he is sure of another."
"A foolish man may be known by six things: Anger without cause, speech without profit, change without progress, inquiry without object, putting trust in a stranger, and mistaking foes for friends."
"Ask the experienced rather than the learned.."
"At the narrow passage there is no brother and no friend."
"Believe what you see and lay aside what you hear..."
"He who plants thorns must never expect to gather roses."
"He who sees the calamity of other people finds his own calamity light."
"Many are the roads that do not lead to the heart."
"Older than you by a day, wiser than you by a year."
"One hand cannot applaud. "
"Patience is beautiful."
"Proverbs are the lamp of speech."
"The dogs may bark but the caravan moves on.."
"Seek counsel of him who makes you weep, and not of him who makes you laugh."
"A friend advises in his interest, not yours."
"A known mistake is better than an unknown truth.."
"Arrogance diminishes wisdom..."
"The fruit of silence is tranquility...."
"The mind is for seeing, the heart is for hearing..."
"The one-eyed person is a beauty in the country of the blind..."
"The wound of words is worse than the wound of swords..."
"The wound that bleedeth inwardly is the most dangerous..."
"Visit rarely, and you will be more loved..."
"Think of the going out before you enter..."
"What is learned in youth is carved in stone."
"When a door opens not to your knock, consider your reputation."
"What is learnt in the cradle lasts to the grave."
"When what you want doesn't happen, learn to want what does."
"Wishing does not make a poor man rich."
"Write the bad things that are done to you in sand, but write the good things that happen to you on a piece of marble."
"You are like a tree, giving your shade to the outside."
"Your tongue is like a horse--if you take care of it, it takes care of you; if you treat it badly, it treats you badly."
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