Sayings
A
Time apart from someone is said to increase affection for them.
What a person does is more revealing than what a person says.
B
A precaution taken unnecessarily is preferable to a precaution not taken at all.
People of similar character naturally seek out one another's company.
C
A person's dress shapes how they are perceived and treated.
G
Patience is expected to be rewarded in due course.
H
Delay in the face of opportunity is itself a decision, and frequently the losing one.
Telling the truth is the most advantageous long-term strategy.
L
Consider the consequences before committing to an irreversible action.
M
Labor shared among many is quickly finished.
Wealth and contentment are not the same transaction.
N
Outward appearance is an unreliable guide to inner worth.
All people have flaws, and perfection is not an available standard.
No reward is available to those unwilling to accept risk.
O
People with dissimilar temperaments are said to be drawn to one another.
What is not present is quickly forgotten.
P
Repeated effort produces mastery.
T
Acting before others may create an advantage.
Persuasion and writing accomplish more in the long run than force.
Time is a resource with economic value and should be spent accordingly.
An excess of contributors degrades the outcome.
W
Withheld information causes no harm to the person from whom it is withheld.
Y
The capacity for learning does not expire.
Established habits resist new instruction.