If one finger brings oil it soils the others.
There is no story that is not true.
A man to whom you do a favor will not understand if you say nothing, make no noise, just walk away. You may cause more trouble by refusing a bribe than by accepting it.
It always surprised him when he thought of it later that he did not sink under the load of despair.
When we hear a house has fallen do we ask if the ceiling fell with it?
Charity . . . is the opium of the privileged.