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The holydays of joy are the vigils of sorrow.
The holydays of joy are the vigils of sorrow.
If you live according to the requirements of nature, you will
never be in want; if according to the read more
If you live according to the requirements of nature, you will
never be in want; if according to the fashions of the world you
will never be rich.
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.
He assigned it to regions more than tropical.
He assigned it to regions more than tropical.
To be precocious
Was in her eyes a thing the most atrocious.
To be precocious
Was in her eyes a thing the most atrocious.
One murder made a villain,
Millions a hero.
One murder made a villain,
Millions a hero.
There are games in which it is better to lose than win.
There are games in which it is better to lose than win.
The love of money and the love of learning rarely meet.
The love of money and the love of learning rarely meet.
In the same [hospitable] manner that a Calabrian would press you
to eat his pears.
In the same [hospitable] manner that a Calabrian would press you
to eat his pears.
