Bird in hand makes it harder to blow nose.
A man of humanity is one who, in seeking to establish himself, finds a foothold for others and who, in desiring attaining himself, helps others to attain.
A man of wisdom delights in water.
Don’t complain about the snow on your neighbor’s roof when your own doorstep is unclean.
Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if thou art asked for little; by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods.
To be in one's own heart in kindly sympathy with all things; this is the nature of righteousness