Appearances may be deceiving.
Always stop to think whether your fun may be the cause of another's unhappiness
The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over.
Others may try to feed our ego, but it is up to us to constrain it.
Keep your place in life and your place will keep you
Never trust advice from a man in the throes of his own difficulty.