If you suspect a man, don't employ him, and if you employ him, don't suspect him.

Life itself cannot give you joy/ Unless you really will it./ Life just gives you time and space -- It's up to you to fill it.

If you get up one more time than you fall you will make it through.

One dog barks at something, the rest bark at him.

The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names.

In shallow waters, shrimps make fools of dragons.

Never write a letter while you are angry.

If you have two loaves of bread, sell one and buy a lily.

Patience is power; with time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown.

The journey is the reward.