Proverbs may not improperly be called the philosophy of the common people.

God guard me from my friends, for I shall guard myself from my enemies.

One hair of a woman can draw more than a hundred pair of oxen.

Respect a man, he will do the more.

Distance sometimes endears friendships, and sweetens it - for separation from those we love shows us, by the loss, their real value and dearness to us.

Fly and you will catch the swallow.

We learn by teaching.