Work is not a shame. Laziness is a shame.
Man's chiefest treasure is a sparing tongue.
A day is sometimes our mother, sometimes our stepmother.
Potter is potter's enemy, and craftsman is craftsman's rival; tramp is jealous of tramp, and singer of singer.
Far best is he who is himself all-wise, and he, too, good who listens to wise words; But whoso is not wise or lays to hear another's wisdom is a useless man.
Gossip and rumor are evil; easy to lift up, heavy to carry, and hard to put down again.