It is always safe to learn, even from our enemies, seldom safe to
venture to instruct, even our friends.

It is always safe to learn, even from our enemies, seldom safe to
venture to instruct, even our friends.

Things are worth what they will fetch at a sale.

Things are worth what they will fetch at a sale.

Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak
Whispers the o'erfraught heart, and bids it break.

Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak
Whispers the o'erfraught heart, and bids it break.

Small showers last long, but sudden storms are short.

Small showers last long, but sudden storms are short.

It is no easy matter to say commonplace things in an original
way.

It is no easy matter to say commonplace things in an original
way.

You betray your own failing if you cannot bear with the fault of
a friend.

You betray your own failing if you cannot bear with the fault of
a friend.

He who is not in readiness to-day, will be less prepared
to-morrow.

He who is not in readiness to-day, will be less prepared
to-morrow.

There is a remedy for every thing, could men find it.

There is a remedy for every thing, could men find it.

Punishment follows close on the heels of crime.

Punishment follows close on the heels of crime.