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

Men often bear little grievances with less courage than they do large misfortunes.

It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.

He that is discontented in one place will seldom be happy in another.

once upon a time all the rivers combined to protest against the action of the sea in making their waters salt. "When we come to you," sad they to the sea, "we are sweet and drinkable; but when once we have mingled with you, our waters become as briny and unpalatable as your own." The sea replied shortly, "Keep away from me, and you'll remain sweet.

Obscurity often brings safety.

A kindness is never wasted