Don't ever prophesy; for if you prophesy wrong, nobody will forget it; and if you prophesy right, nobody will remember it.

If you ever find happiness by hunting for it, you will find it, as the old woman did her lost spectacles, safe on her own nose all the time.

If a man is too right he can't be too radical; if he is wrong, he can't be too conservative

The thinner the ice, the more anxious is everyone to see whether it will bear

Confess your sins to the Lord, and you will be forgiven; confess them to men, and you will be laughed at

Money will buy a pretty good dog, but it won't buy the wag of his tail.