He that has many friends, has no friends.

If we really want something done, it is best to do it ourselves.

Appearances are often deceiving.

Those who suffer most cry out the least.

While I see many hoof marks going in, I see none coming out. It is easier to get into the enemy's toils than out again.

Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth.

A farmer who had a quarrelsome family called his sons and told them to lay a bunch of sticks before him. Then, after laying the sticks parallel to one another and binding them, he challenged his sons, one after one, to pick up the bundle and break it. They all tried, but in vain. Then, untying the bundle, he gave them the sticks to break one by one. This they did with the greatest ease. Then said the father, "Thus, my sons, as long as you remain united, you are a match for anything, but differ and separate, and you are undone".