One should not stand at the foot of a sick person's bed, because that place is reserved for the guardian angel.
Grant, Lord, that we might overcome our enemies by transforming them into friends. Make them and make us conscious of those deep inward reaches whereby every heart is rooted in our world's deep common life.
Truth is the safest lie.
Just as courage imperils life, fear protects it.
People come to poverty in two ways accumulating debts and paying them off.
God could not be everywhere, and therefore he created mothers.
Make sure to be in with your equals if you're going to fall out with your superiors.
He who puts up with insult invites injury.
Your friend has a friend don't tell him.
Ask about your neighbors, then buy the house.