Cheerfulness smooths the road of life. Don't blow your own trumpet. Do as you would be done by. He bears misery best that hides it most. He that hurts another, hurts himself.
Patience is a virtue.
Persuasion is better than force. Spare the rod and spoil the child. A good thing is all the sweeter when won with pain. A man too careful of danger lives in continual torment. All promises are either broken or kept.