Truth will rise above falsehood as oil above water.
The absent feel and fear every ill.
There is also this benefit in brag, that the speaker is unconsciously expressing his own ideal. Humor him by all means, draw it all out, and hold him to it.
Laziness never arrived at the attainment of a good wish.
God who sends the wound sends the medicine.
Fortune may have yet a better success in reserve for you and they who lose today may win tomorrow.