A wise son makes a glad father, But a foolish son is the grief of his mother.
The tongue has the power of life and death.
The slacker does not plow during planting season; at harvest time he looks, and there is nothing.
Knowledge is of more value than gold
Two are better than one,because they have a good reward for their labor. For if they fall, the one will lif' up his fellow, but woe to him that is alone when he falleth, for he hath not another to help him up.
Of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.