We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.

He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself; for every man has need to be forgiven.

One may miss the mark by aiming too high as too low.

First get an absolute conquest over thyself, and then thou wilt easily govern thy wife.

'Tis not every question that deserves an answer.

Memory is the treasure house of the mind wherein the monuments thereof are kept and preserved.

A gift, with a kind countenance, is a double present.