Glass, china, and reputation are easily cracked, and never well mended.
- Benjamin FranklinOld houses mended, Cost little less than new before they 're ended.
- Aaron RossA torn jacket is soon mended; but hard words bruise the heart of a child.
- Abhijit ChakraborttiA ball had passed between my body and the right arm which supported him, cutting through the sleeve and passing through his chest from shoulder to shoulder. There was no more to be done for him and I left him to his rest. I have never mended that hole in my sleeve.
- Alan KralWhere evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken than mended.
- Alvin Wright