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Where there's music there can be love.

Fortune helps him that's willing to help himself.

Adversity is the touchstone of friendship.

If you want the truth, ask a child.

There is no such thing as an insignificant enemy.

Better the foot slip than the tongue.

There is no perfect marriage, for there are no perfect men.

He that seeks trouble never misses.

We know the true worth of a thing when we have lost it.

From word to deed is a great space.

God visits us, but most of the time we are not at home.

If the young only knew; if the old only could.

Anger is a bad counselor.

Wait until it is night before saying that it has been a fine day.

Write injuries in sand, kindnesses in marble.

Honey is sweet but bees sting.

Who spits against the wind, spits in his own face.

Greedy eaters dig their graves with their teeth.

A crow is no whiter for being washed.

Everything passes, everything breaks, everything wearies.

Think much, speak little, and write less.