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What we hear strikes the mind with less force than what we see.
What we hear strikes the mind with less force than what we see.
The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
Benefits please like flowers while they are fresh.
Benefits please like flowers while they are fresh.
He who asks with timidity invites a refusal.
He who asks with timidity invites a refusal.
Let those love now, who never loved before,
Let those who always loved, now love the more.
Let those love now, who never loved before,
Let those who always loved, now love the more.
Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with
increased violence.
Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with
increased violence.
Charity begins at home.
[Lat., Proximus sum egomet mihi.]
Charity begins at home.
[Lat., Proximus sum egomet mihi.]
To a boyling pot flies comes not.
[To a boiling pot flies come not.]
To a boyling pot flies comes not.
[To a boiling pot flies come not.]
The wife is the key of the house.
The wife is the key of the house.