Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long and wise experience.

Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long and wise experience.

Teaching brings out innate powers, and proper training braces the
intellect.

Teaching brings out innate powers, and proper training braces the
intellect.

Riches with their wicked inducements increase; nevertheless,
avarice is never satisfied.

Riches with their wicked inducements increase; nevertheless,
avarice is never satisfied.

Thus one thing requires assistance from another, and joins in
friendly help.

Thus one thing requires assistance from another, and joins in
friendly help.

Craft against vice I must apply.

Craft against vice I must apply.

He that commits a fault, thinkes every one speakes of it.

He that commits a fault, thinkes every one speakes of it.

Old wine, and an old friend, are good provisions.

Old wine, and an old friend, are good provisions.

Men's language is as their lives.

Men's language is as their lives.

What we hear strikes the mind with less force than what we see.

What we hear strikes the mind with less force than what we see.