United we stand, divided we fall.

Children are not to be blamed for the faults of their parents.

He that has many friends, has no friends.

Try as one may, it is impossible to deny one's nature

once upon a time all the rivers combined to protest against the action of the sea in making their waters salt. "When we come to you," sad they to the sea, "we are sweet and drinkable; but when once we have mingled with you, our waters become as briny and unpalatable as your own." The sea replied shortly, "Keep away from me, and you'll remain sweet.

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.

Distrust interested advice.