It is not the gift but the giving.
It is quality, not quantity, that counts.
Do not measure a person's length by your personal prejudices.
The man who never had an enemy is too good for this world.
"You can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make him drink." You can send a boy to college, but you cannot make him think.
The dog hates the cat, and the cat hates the dog, but when they are friends there are no truer ones.
Just take the world as it is; take things as to be had. Your friends may not be quite so good, your foes not quite so bad.
It is the aggregate that counts.
The almighty dollar is getting smaller every day.