Eloquence enough, but little wisdom.

Eloquence enough, but little wisdom.

If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you read more

If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people.

Let him play the second fiddle who can't play the first.

Let him play the second fiddle who can't play the first.

There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four
which I know not:
The way read more

There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four
which I know not:
The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock;
the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man
with a maid.

You harp perpetually on the same string.

You harp perpetually on the same string.

His eyes
Were with his heart. and that was far away.

His eyes
Were with his heart. and that was far away.

What were vices have become the fashion of the day.

What were vices have become the fashion of the day.

She nourishes the poison in her veins and is consumed by a secret
fire.

She nourishes the poison in her veins and is consumed by a secret
fire.

Punishment follows close on the heels of crime.

Punishment follows close on the heels of crime.