Some people are jewels in the wrong setting.
Never expect too much from a friend and you will never want for one.
There are two kinds of trouble: The kind you have and the kind you haven't. There are but few of the first sort, but of the second there is no end.
The line of least resistance is to most people the lifeline.
What is Paris? ... Where nobody throws stones, for all live in glass houses.
It is wise to be sure, but otherwise to be too sure.