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Anger manages everything badly.
Anger manages everything badly.
Who that has reason, and his smell,
Would not among roses and jasmin dwell?
Who that has reason, and his smell,
Would not among roses and jasmin dwell?
Laughter
Leaves us doubly serious shortly after.
Laughter
Leaves us doubly serious shortly after.
The man of wisdom is the man of years.
The man of wisdom is the man of years.
Long is the road to learning by precepts, but short and
successful by examples.
Long is the road to learning by precepts, but short and
successful by examples.
Seek not to inquire what the morrow will bring with it.
Seek not to inquire what the morrow will bring with it.
He never sought to stem the current. [Of a statesman who
accommodates his views to public opinion.]
He never sought to stem the current. [Of a statesman who
accommodates his views to public opinion.]
The friends of the unfortunate live a long way off.
The friends of the unfortunate live a long way off.
Summer lasts not for ever; seasons succeed each other.
Summer lasts not for ever; seasons succeed each other.