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With men all is impossible; but with God all things are possible.
With men all is impossible; but with God all things are possible.
Nothing succeeds like success.
[Fr., Rien ne reussit comme le succes.]
Nothing succeeds like success.
[Fr., Rien ne reussit comme le succes.]
Busily engaged in doing nothing. [A squirrel in a cage.]
Busily engaged in doing nothing. [A squirrel in a cage.]
I give not gold for mere expectations.
I give not gold for mere expectations.
Two ill meales make the third a glutton.
Two ill meales make the third a glutton.
Politeness and an affable address are our best introduction.
Politeness and an affable address are our best introduction.
He that will not have peace, God gives him warre.
He that will not have peace, God gives him warre.
Nothing stings us so bitterly as the loss of money.
Nothing stings us so bitterly as the loss of money.
Fortune, delighting in her cruel task, and playing her wanton
game untiringly, is ever shifting her uncertain favours.
Fortune, delighting in her cruel task, and playing her wanton
game untiringly, is ever shifting her uncertain favours.