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Though you rise early, yet the day comes at his time, and not
till then.
Though you rise early, yet the day comes at his time, and not
till then.
The friends of the unfortunate live a long way off.
The friends of the unfortunate live a long way off.
Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.
Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.
How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
[Lat., Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent!]
How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
[Lat., Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent!]
All things deteriorate in time.
All things deteriorate in time.
All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is
not satisfied with seeing, nor the read more
All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is
not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled hearing.
Proverbs like the sacred books of each nation, are the sanctuary
of the intuitions.
Proverbs like the sacred books of each nation, are the sanctuary
of the intuitions.
Greene wood makes a hott fire.
Greene wood makes a hott fire.