Gain, acquired by many agents, soon accumulates.

Gain, acquired by many agents, soon accumulates.

Litle stickes kindle the fire; great ones put it out.

Litle stickes kindle the fire; great ones put it out.

The best smell is bread, the best savour, salt, the best love
that of children.

The best smell is bread, the best savour, salt, the best love
that of children.

We praise old times, but show no curiosity about modern events.

We praise old times, but show no curiosity about modern events.

Pedigree and ancestry and what we ourselves have not achieved, I
scarcely recognize as our own.

Pedigree and ancestry and what we ourselves have not achieved, I
scarcely recognize as our own.

He that goes softly goes safely.

He that goes softly goes safely.

Favours out of place I regard as positive injuries.

Favours out of place I regard as positive injuries.

Every one fastens where there is gaine.

Every one fastens where there is gaine.

He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]

He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]