The severity of the master is more useful than the indulgence of the father.
Much contention and strife will arise in that house where the wife shall get up dissatisfied with her husband.
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
Publish not men's secret faults, for by disgracing them you make yourself of no repute.
Do good even to the wicked; it is as well to shut a dog's mouth with a crumb.
If a gem falls into mud it is still valuable. If dust ascends to heaven, it remains valueless.