Thoughts are mightier than strength of hand.
Let be the future: mind the present need and leave the rest to whom the rest concerns ... present tasks claim our care: the ordering of the future rests where it should rest.
A wise doctor does not mutter incantations over a sore that needs the knife.
I cannot love a friend whose love is words.
Love, you mock us for your sport.
Truly, to tell lies is not honorable; but when the truth entails tremendous ruin, to speak dishonorably is pardonable.