Timid dogs more eagerly bark than bite.

Timid dogs more eagerly bark than bite.

A good pay-master starts not at assurances.

A good pay-master starts not at assurances.

Money makes the man.

Money makes the man.

The faults of his adored escape the notice of the blind admirer.

The faults of his adored escape the notice of the blind admirer.

Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven
pillars.

Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven
pillars.

Others' follies teach us not,
Nor much their wisdom teaches;
And most of sterling worth is what
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Others' follies teach us not,
Nor much their wisdom teaches;
And most of sterling worth is what
Our own experience preaches.

Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.

Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.

It is human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
[Lat., Proprium humani ingenii, est odisse quem laeseris.]

It is human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
[Lat., Proprium humani ingenii, est odisse quem laeseris.]

Everyone puts his fault on the Times.

Everyone puts his fault on the Times.