Wise sayings often fall on barren ground, but a kind word is never thrown away.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
A word of kindness is seldom spoken in vain, while witty sayings are as easily lost as the pearls slipping from a broken string.
Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.
Never stay up on the barren heights of cleverness, but come down into the green valleys of silliness.
A short saying often contains much wisdom.
When words are scarce they are seldom spent in vain.
The wise make proverbs, and fools repeat them.
Be sure your wisest words are those you do not say.
Any fool can say he is wise but only someone wise can admit he is a fool.
A word to the wise is not sufficient if it doesn't make sense.
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.