If you can't say anything nice, then don't say anything at all.
There can be little liking where there is no likeness.
What a splendid head, yet no brain.
Every truth has two sides; it is as well to look at both, before we commit ourselves to either.
An oak and a reed were arguing about their strength. When a strong wind came up, the reed avoided being uprooted by bending and leaning with the gusts of wind. But the oak stood firm and was torn up by the roots.
A man is known by the company he keeps