It is not economical to go to bed early to save the candles if the result is twins.

He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.

I dreamed a thousand new paths. I woke and walked my old one.

Experience is a comb which nature gives to men when they are bald.

If you are poor, though you dwell in the busy marketplace, no one will inquire about you; if you are rich, though you dwell in the heart of the mountains, you will have distant relatives.

Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere. He who sacrifices his conscience to ambition burns a picture to obtain the ashes. If heaven drops a date, open your mouth.

Going beyond is as bad as falling short.

If you bow at all, bow low.

Man is the head of the family, woman the neck that turns the head.