When lucky, be merry; when unlucky, do not be sad.


Of all the name bestowed upon the mother of God, none is more touching than Mater Dolorosa, the shelter of sorrow and poverty.

Sometimes he who looks longest, sees the least.


There is often a long distance between the fact and the telling.


When the water is moved, the fisherman is touched.


Friends are always ready to lend to a man in office.