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A smiling face is half the meal.
A smiling face is half the meal.
Who steals my purse steals trash; 'tis something, nothing.
'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands;
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Who steals my purse steals trash; 'tis something, nothing.
'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands;
But he that filches from me my good name
Robs me of that which not enriches him
And makes me poor indeed.
Hee goes not out of his way, that goes to a good Inne.
Hee goes not out of his way, that goes to a good Inne.
Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather:
injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.
Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather:
injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.
No wise man has called a change of opinion in constancy.
No wise man has called a change of opinion in constancy.
May everything he treads upon become a rose!
May everything he treads upon become a rose!
One eye-witness is better than ten hearsays.
One eye-witness is better than ten hearsays.
Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall
take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient read more
Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall
take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day
is the evil thereof.
God strikes with his finger, and not with all his arme.
God strikes with his finger, and not with all his arme.