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Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.
Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.
The vices of idleness are only to be shaken off by active
employment.
The vices of idleness are only to be shaken off by active
employment.
I am ready to meet my maker, but whether my maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me read more
I am ready to meet my maker, but whether my maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.
He who takes the profit ought also to take the labour.
He who takes the profit ought also to take the labour.
One death is a tragedy; one million is a statistic.
One death is a tragedy; one million is a statistic.
Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand
judgment.
Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand
judgment.
Is the sun dimmed, that gnats do fly in it?
Is the sun dimmed, that gnats do fly in it?
Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs.
Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs.
The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.