We should look to the mind, and not to the outward appearance.
Pray do not grieve so; but go and take a stone, and place it in the hole, and fancy that the gold is still lying there. It will do you quite the same service; for when the gold was there, you had it not, as you did not make the slightest use of it.
Always stop to think whether your fun may be the cause of another's unhappiness
Persuasion is often more effectual than force.
Plodding wins the race.
If you are a friend, why do you bite me so hard? If an enemy, why do you fawn on me?