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Knowledge makes one laugh, but wealth makes one dance.
Knowledge makes one laugh, but wealth makes one dance.
Give a man enough rope and he'll hang himself.
Give a man enough rope and he'll hang himself.
Small showers last long, but sudden storms are short.
Small showers last long, but sudden storms are short.
Great trees are good for nothing but shade.
Great trees are good for nothing but shade.
This is truth the poet sings,
That a sorrow's crown of sorrows is remembering happier things.
This is truth the poet sings,
That a sorrow's crown of sorrows is remembering happier things.
Man's extremity is God's opportunity.
Man's extremity is God's opportunity.
Hee that eats the hard shall eate the ripe.
Hee that eats the hard shall eate the ripe.
Virtue alone is happiness below.
Virtue alone is happiness below.
You must endure, and not cry out against that which cannot be
avoided.
You must endure, and not cry out against that which cannot be
avoided.