Sorrow is better than laughter; for, by the sadness of the countenance, the heart is made better.
He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.
Your own soul is nourished when you are kind; it is destroyed when you are cruel.
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.
To gain riches is wise; to pay for riches with happiness is foolish.
The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.