I have often found a small stream at its fountain-head, that, when followed up, carried away the camel with his load.
It is safer to be silent than to reveal one's secret to any one, and telling him not to mention it.
Religion is only in the service of the people; it is not in the rosary and the prayer-carpet.
An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend.
A peace-mingling falsehood is preferable to a mischief-stirring truth.
Joy and sorrow, beauty and deformity, equally pass away.