The Wisdom Evergreen

• Many complain of their looks, but none of their brains.

• Even the supreme cloth is bound to have one faulty thread.

• You cannot reason with a hungry belly; it has no ears. 

• It is not the horse that draws the cart, but the oats. 

• To ask is no sin and to be refused is no calamity.

• With money you are a dragon; with no money, a worm. 

• The tallest blade of grass is the first to be cut by the scythe.  

• True nobility is in being superior to your previous self.  

• If we all pulled in one direction, the world would keel over.

• In love, there is always one who kisses and one who offers the cheek. 

• The beautiful is less what one sees than what one dreams.

• When God wishes a man well, He gives him insight into his faults.

• True charity looks at the need and not at the cause.

• Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it.

• A habit is first a wanderer, then a guest, and finally the boss.

• Ripe fruit falls by itself; but it doesn't fall in your mouth. 

• One day is as good as two for the person who does everything in its place.