" A mother understands what a child does not say. "

" A pessimist, confronted with two bad choices, chooses both. "

" As he thinks in his heart, so he is. "

" As you teach, you learn. "

"Ask the experienced rather than the learned. "

" Don't dig your grave with your own knife and fork. "

" Don't make use of another's mouth unless it has been leant to you. "

" Don't run too far, you will have to return the same distance. "

" Do not be wise in words - be wise in deeds. "

" First mend yourself, and then mend others. "

" If charity cost nothing, the world would be full of philanthropists. "

" If not for fear, sin would be sweet. "

" If the rich could hire the poor to die for them, the poor would make a very nice living. "

" God gives the nuts but he does not crack them. "

" Good fences make good neighbors. "

" He who respects his parents never dies. "

" If you can't lick 'em, join 'em. "

" Love and eggs are best when they are fresh. "

" Man has responsiblity, not power. "

" Never write a letter while you are angry. "

" Not to have felt pain is not to have been human. "

" The hammer shatters glass but forges steel. "

" What you give you get, ten times over. "

" When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other. "

" You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep. "