The destruction of the poor is their poverty.

The destruction of the poor is their poverty.

A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.

A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.

He, who holds out but a doubtful hope of succour to the
afflicted, denies it.

He, who holds out but a doubtful hope of succour to the
afflicted, denies it.

Take heed of a person marked, and a Widdow thrice married.

Take heed of a person marked, and a Widdow thrice married.

To dismiss a guest is a more ungracious act than not to admit him
at all.

To dismiss a guest is a more ungracious act than not to admit him
at all.

Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.

Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.

Happy is the man to whom nature has given a sufficiency with even
a sparing hand.

Happy is the man to whom nature has given a sufficiency with even
a sparing hand.

Hold their nose to the grindstone.

Hold their nose to the grindstone.

The deeper the sorrow the less tongue it hath.

The deeper the sorrow the less tongue it hath.