Flattery makes friends and truth makes enemies.
Acts of kindness may soon be forgotten, but the memory of an offense remains.
Fire is never a gentle master
A great fortune depends on luck, a small one on diligence.
Rule: Never perform card tricks for the people you play poker with.
Who ceases to be a friend never was one.
If God lived on earth, people would break his windows.
Loose tongues are worse than wicked hands.
In a broken nest there are few whole eggs.