It takes a wise man to handle a lie, a fool had better remain honest.
It seldom pays to be rude. It never pays to be only half-rude.
A man who is stingy with saffron is capable of seducing his own grandmother.
The pine stays green in winter... wisdom in hardship.
It is one of the maladies of our age to profess a frenzied allegiance to truth in unimportant matters, to refuse consistently to face her where graver issues are at stake.
No great man is ever born too soon or too late.