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.

Look and see which way the wind blows before you commit yourself.

Equals make the best friends.

Others may try to feed our ego, but it is up to us to constrain it.

Conceit may bring about one's own downfall.

A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.

If you were foolish enough to sing all the summer, you must dance supperless to bed in the winter.