Love can tame the wildest.

We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction.

The desire for imaginary benefits often involves the loss of present blessings.

If you can't say anything nice, then don't say anything at all.

It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.

Do not attempt to hide things which cannot be hidden.

There was once a Bald Man who sat down after work on a hot summer's day. A Fly came up and kept buzzing about his bald pate, and stinging him from time to time. The Man aimed a blow at his little enemy, but — whack — his palm came on his head instead; again the Fly tormented him, but this time the Man was wiser and said: YOU WILL ONLY INJURE YOURSELF IF YOU TAKE NOTICE OF DISPICABLE ENEMIES.