• The wise adapt themselves to circumstances,
  as water molds itself to the pitcher.
  -- Chinese Proverb
• Need teaches a plan.
  -- Irish Proverb
• A diplomat must always think twice before he says nothing.
  -- Irish Proverb
• Diplomacy is to do and say
  The nastiest thing in the nicest way.
  -- Isaac Goldberg
• The winter does not go without looking backward.
  -- Finnish Proverb
• If winter comes, can spring be far behind?
  -- Percy Bysshe Shelley
• Nothing seems expensive on credit.
  -- Czech Proverb
• It's better to tell your money where to go than to ask where it went.
  -- American Proverb
• Honey is sweet but bees sting.
  -- French Proverb
• If your heart is bitter, sugar in the mouth won't help.
  -- Jewish Proverb
• The oldest trees often bear the sweetest fruit.
  -- German Proverb
• The past remembered is a good guide for the future.
  -- Chinese Proverb
• The man has not yet been born who can please everyone.
  -- Polish Proverb
• The best way to keep a nice-looking nose is to
  keep it out of other people's business.
  -- American Proverb
  
• Daylight follows a dark night.
  -- Maasai Proverb
• Even the longest day has its end.
  -- Irish Proverb
• Conscience is the voice of the soul.
  -- Polish Proverb
• Conscience is a mother-in-law whose visit never ends.
  -- H.L. Mencken
• Not to know is bad.
  Not to wish to know is worse.
  -- African Proverb
• A clear conscience is a good pillow.
  -- American Proverb
• Don't stare at the steps of success - step up the stairs.
  -- American Proverb
• God promises a safe landing, but not a calm passage.
  -- American Proverb
• The more you sweat in peacetime, the less you bleed during war.
  -- Chinese Proverb
• Those who are born twice, live once.
  Those who are born once, die twice.
  -- Christian Proverb
• He who begins many things finishes but few.
  -- Italian Proverb
• Do not be wise in words - be wise in deeds.
  -- Jewish Proverb
• It is no longer good enough to cry peace. We must act peace, live peace and live in peace.
  -- Native American Proverb
• A fault confessed is half redressed.
  -- Polish Proverb
• The end is the crown of any work.
  -- Russian Proverb
• To remain young while growing old is the highest blessing.
  -- German Proverb
• A poor person isn't he who has little, but he who needs a lot
  -- German Proverb
• He is rich enough that wants nothing.
  -- Polish Proverb
• Talking is silver, silence is gold.
  -- German Proverb
• A wise person has something to say,
  a fool has to say something.
• Nothing is impossible; some things just require more steps.
• He who waits for a chance may wait for a long time.
  -- Nigerian Proverb
• The one who sits on the ground need not fear a fall.
  -- Czech Proverb
• Proverbs in conversation are torches in darkness.
  -- Venezuelan Proverb
• A proverb is to speech what salt is to food.
  -- Panamanian Proverb
• Age should think and youth should do.
  -- German Proverb
• It is better to wear out than to rust out.

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• Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it.
  -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
• Happiness is good health and a bad memory.
  -- Ingrid Bergman
• We are slaves to whatever we don't understand.
  -- Vernon Howard