Man's chiefest treasure is a sparing tongue.
Keep adding little by little and it will become a big heap.
It is a hard thing for a man to be righteous, if the unrighteous man is to have the greater right.
The fool learns by suffering.
The man who is rich in fancy thinks that his wagon is already built; poor fool, he does not know that there are a hundred timbers to a wagon.
If you speak evil, you will soon be worse spoken of.