Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.

Every one turns his dreams into realities as far as he can; man is cold as ice to the truth, hot as fire to falsehood.

We believe no evil till the evil's done

Dressed in the lion's skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.

The best laid plot can injure its maker, and often a man's perfidy will rebound on himself.

To live lightheartedly but not recklessly; to be gay without being boisterous; to be courageous without being bold; to show trust and cheerful resignation without fatalism - this is the art of living.

Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.