Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long and wise experience.

Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long and wise experience.

But few prize honour more than money.

But few prize honour more than money.

Defer not till to-morrow to be wise,
To-morrow's sun to thee may never rise.

Defer not till to-morrow to be wise,
To-morrow's sun to thee may never rise.

In all labour there is profit.

In all labour there is profit.

Smell a rat.

Smell a rat.

Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!

Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!

The ignorant hath an Eagles wings, and an Owles eyes.

The ignorant hath an Eagles wings, and an Owles eyes.

Our rash faults
Make trivial price of serious thing we have,
Not knowing them until we know read more

Our rash faults
Make trivial price of serious thing we have,
Not knowing them until we know their grave.

The far-off interest of tears.

The far-off interest of tears.