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Frugality is the mother of all virtues.
Frugality is the mother of all virtues.
Quick beleevers neede broad shoulders.
Quick beleevers neede broad shoulders.
No money, no Swiss.
[Fr., Point d'argent, point de Suisse.]
No money, no Swiss.
[Fr., Point d'argent, point de Suisse.]
Our fears vanish as the danger approaches.
Our fears vanish as the danger approaches.
But with what incessant and grievous ills is old age surrounded!
But with what incessant and grievous ills is old age surrounded!
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labour and to wait.
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labour and to wait.
When God is made the master of a family, he disorders the
disorderly.
When God is made the master of a family, he disorders the
disorderly.
He is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist.
He is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist.
A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.
A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.