Respect for one's parents is the highest duty of civil life.

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While it pays to be honest you are often a long time collecting

While it pays to be honest you are often a long time collecting

Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.

Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.

To catch a hare with a cart

To catch a hare with a cart

Grow where you are planted

Grow where you are planted

A handful of common sense is worth a bushel of learning

A handful of common sense is worth a bushel of learning

There is nothing noble in being superior to some other person. The true nobility is...

There is nothing noble in being superior to some other person. The true nobility is...

The more things change, the more they stay the same

The more things change, the more they stay the same

Charm the birds out of trees

Charm the birds out of trees

Do not look where you fell but where you slipped

Do not look where you fell but where you slipped

It is a sin against hospitality, to open your doors and darken your countenance

It is a sin against hospitality, to open your doors and darken your countenance

Young people don't know what age is, and old people forget what youth was.

Young people don't know what age is, and old people forget what youth was.

Nobody's perfect

Nobody's perfect

He who foretells the future lies, even if he tells the truth.

He who foretells the future lies, even if he tells the truth.

Better have an old man to humor than a young rake to break your heart.

Better have an old man to humor than a young rake to break your heart.

When a man repeats a promise again and again, he means to fail you.

When a man repeats a promise again and again, he means to fail you.

He is a fool that praises himself and a madman that speaks ill of himself

He is a fool that praises himself and a madman that speaks ill of himself

Imagination gallops; judgment merely walks

Imagination gallops; judgment merely walks

Useless as tits on on bull

Useless as tits on on bull

There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.

There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.

Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds...

Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds...