What you lend is lost; when you ask for it back, you may find a friend made an enemy by your kindness. If you begin to press him further, you have the choice of two things – either to lose your loan or lose your friend.
Practice yourself what you preach.
It is not without a purpose when a rich man greets a poor one with kindness.
He who falls in love meets a worse fate than he who leaps from a rock.
Spice a dish with love and it pleases every palate.
A woman finds it much easier to do ill than well. [Lat., Mulieri nimio male facere melius est onus, quam bene.]
A woman smells well when she smells of nothing.
We are pouring our words into a sieve, and lose our labor. [Lat., In pertusum ingerimus dicta dolium, operam ludimus.]
It is easier to begin well than to finish well.
A mouse does not rely on just one hole.
Because those, who twit others with their faults, should look at home.
Patience is the best remedy for every trouble.
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