Happiness is the harvest of a quiet eye.
Treat kindly every miserable truth that knocks begging at your door, otherwise you will some day fail to recognize Truth Himself when He comes in rags.
A home-made friend wears longer than one you buy in the market.
In levying taxes and in shearing sheep, it is well to stop when you get down to the skin.
Those who cook up stories will get into hot water.
Marriage is commonly a meal wherein the soup is better than the desert.