Poverty with security is better than plenty in the midst of fear and uncertainty.

Please all, and you will please none.

The grateful heart will always find opportunities to show its gratitude.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

The haft of the arrow had been feathered with one of the eagle's own Lures. We often give our enemies the means of our own destruction.

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.

Appearances often are deceiving.