The soul has more diseases than the body.
Debt is a trap which man sets and baits himself, and then deliberately gets into.
Everyone who does the best he can is a hero.
Newfoundland dogs are good to save children from drowning, but you must have a pond of water handy and a child, or else there will be no profit in boarding a Newfoundland.
Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.
Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt, not swallowed.