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Much spends the traveller, more then the abider.
Much spends the traveller, more then the abider.
States have their conversions and periods as well as naturall
bodies.
States have their conversions and periods as well as naturall
bodies.
Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune.
Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune.
Make hay while the sun shines.
Make hay while the sun shines.
The healthfull man can give counsell to the sick.
The healthfull man can give counsell to the sick.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
[Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]
Nature abhors a vacuum.
[Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]
If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you read more
If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people.
One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor;
And so in read more
One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor;
And so in ours, some neighboring nation,
Taking advantage of our misery,
Hath stuffed the hollow vessels with their power,
To beat us down, the which are down already;
And make a conquest of unhappy,
Whereas no glory 's got to overcome.
Fire that's closest kept burns most of all.
Fire that's closest kept burns most of all.
