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Good Americans when they die go to Paris.
Good Americans when they die go to Paris.
He will often have to scratch his head, and bite his nails to the
quick. [To succeed he will read more
He will often have to scratch his head, and bite his nails to the
quick. [To succeed he will have to puzzle his brains and work
hard.]
The bit that one eates, no friend makes.
The bit that one eates, no friend makes.
A gentle houswife marres the houshold.
A gentle houswife marres the houshold.
He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
Who letts his wife goe to every feast, and his horse drinke at
every water, shall neither have good read more
Who letts his wife goe to every feast, and his horse drinke at
every water, shall neither have good wife nor good horse.
I am sure care's an enemy to life.
I am sure care's an enemy to life.
The house should derive dignity from the master, not the master
from the house.
The house should derive dignity from the master, not the master
from the house.
