Gold can gild a rotten stick, and dirt sully an ingot.
Remember that in all miseries lamenting becomes fools, and action, wise folk.
In the performance of a good action, we not only benefit ourselves, but we confer a blessing upon others.
Thinking nurseth thinking.
Shallow brooks murmur most, deep and silent slide away.
A just cause and a zealous defender make an imperious resolution cut off the tediousness of cautious discussions.