Maxioms by Sir Walter Scott
He who has wronged you is either stronger or weaker than
yourself: be he weaker, spare him; be he read more
He who has wronged you is either stronger or weaker than
yourself: be he weaker, spare him; be he stronger, then spare
yourself.
A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.
A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.
Every cock fights best on his own dunghill.
Every cock fights best on his own dunghill.
A friend always loves, but he who loves is not always a friend.
A friend always loves, but he who loves is not always a friend.
With a smile on her lips, and a tear in her eye.
With a smile on her lips, and a tear in her eye.