The handshake of the host affects the taste of the roast
Blessed is he that expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed. expect nothing - get nothing! but expect something - get something!!
A full Belly makes a dull Brain: The Muses starve in a Cook's Shop.
Take time for all things: great haste makes great waste.
To the generous mind the heaviest debt is that of gratitude, when it is not in our power to repay it.
You don't get somebody to like you by doing them a favor. That only tends to build resentment over the fact that they are needy and you are not. No, you ask them to do you a favor.