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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.
Those, who in quarrels interpose,
Must often wipe a bloody nose.
Those, who in quarrels interpose,
Must often wipe a bloody nose.
But who alas! can love and then be wise?
But who alas! can love and then be wise?
Whenever you see a fellow-creature in trouble, remember that he
is a man.
Whenever you see a fellow-creature in trouble, remember that he
is a man.
Let the galled jade wince; our withers are unwrung.
Let the galled jade wince; our withers are unwrung.
Walls have tongues, and hedges ears.
Walls have tongues, and hedges ears.
A fault is fostered by concealment.
A fault is fostered by concealment.
His sickness increases from the remedies applied to cure it.
His sickness increases from the remedies applied to cure it.
An undertaking beset with danger.
An undertaking beset with danger.