A dog will never forget the crumb thou gavest him, though thou mayst afterwards throw a hundred stones at his head.

Be sure, either that thou art stronger than thine enemy, or that thou hast a swifter pair of heels.

God gives sleep to the bad, in order that the good may be undisturbed.

Whoever interrupts the conversation of others to make a display of his fund of knowledge, makes notorious his own stock of ignorance.

When thou seest thine enemy in trouble, curl not thy whiskers in contempt; for in every bone there is marrow, and within every jacket there is a man.

A tree, freshly rooted, may be pulled up by one man on his own. Give it time, and it will not be moved, even with a crane

Ants, fighting together, will vanquish the lion.