As a general rule, if you want to get at the truth - hear both sides and believe neither.
There are very few good judges of humor, and they don't agree.
Pity cost nothing and ain't worth nothing.
Unless we put heart and soul into our labor we but brutify our actions.
Be kind to your mother-in-law, but pay for her board at some good hotel.
It is easier to be virtuous than it is to appear so, and it pays better.