The diamond cannot be polished without friction, nor the man perfected without trials.

Defeat isn’t bitter if you don’t swallow it.

The loftiest towers rise from the ground.

All cats love fish but fear to wet their paws.

A person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the man doing it.

Building a castle is difficult. Defending and maintaining it is harder still.

Don’t stand by the water and long for fish; go home and weave a net.

Make happy those who are near, and those who are far will come.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Failing to plan is planning to fail.