A word of kindness is seldom spoken in vain, while witty sayings are as easily lost as the pearls slipping from a broken string."

A pin has as much head as some authors and a good deal more point.

A bare assertion is not necessarily the naked truth.

"Some people use one half their ingenuity to get into debt, and the other half to avoid paying it."

A friend you have to buy won't be worth what you pay for him.