Coffee should be black as Hell, strong as death, & sweet as love.
A good deed dies when it is spoken about.
When the snake is in the house, one need not discuss the matter at length.
A smooth sea never made a skilled mariner.
The fool speaks, the wise man listens.
The owl is the wisest of all birds because the more it sees, the less it talks.
Quiet streams erode the shore.
The innkeeper loves the drunkard, but not for a son-in-law.
Hold a true friend with both your hands.
You well never plow a field by turning it over in your mind.