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Much spends the traveller, more then the abider.
Much spends the traveller, more then the abider.
It is of no avail to know what is about to happen; for it is a
sad thing to read more
It is of no avail to know what is about to happen; for it is a
sad thing to be grieved when grief can do no good.
Vertue and a Trade are the best portion for Children.
Vertue and a Trade are the best portion for Children.
An intemperate patient makes a harsh doctor.
An intemperate patient makes a harsh doctor.
Mere verbiage,--it is not worth a carrot!
Why Socrates or Plato--where's the odds?--
Once taught a jay read more
Mere verbiage,--it is not worth a carrot!
Why Socrates or Plato--where's the odds?--
Once taught a jay to supplicate the Gods,
And made a Polly-theist of a Parrot!
The faults of his adored escape the notice of the blind admirer.
The faults of his adored escape the notice of the blind admirer.
We suffer more in imagination than in reality.
We suffer more in imagination than in reality.
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
The shortest follies are the best.
[Fr., Les plus courtes folies sont les meilleures.]
The shortest follies are the best.
[Fr., Les plus courtes folies sont les meilleures.]
