A single conversation across the table with a wise person is worth a month's study of books

To listen well, is as powerful a means of influence as to talk well, and is as essential to all true conversation

Talk doesn't cook rice.

The black dog gets the food; the white dog gets the blame

Steal a bell with one's ears covered

An inch of time is an inch of gold, but you can't buy that inch of time with an inch of gold