A bird can roost but on one branch. A mouse can drink no more than its fill from a river.
When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one. and a lily with the other.
It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
If Heaven made him, earth can find some use for him.
The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it.
If a man plants melons he will reap melons; if he sows beans, he will reap beans.
