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It is but the weak and little mind that rejoices in revenge.
It is but the weak and little mind that rejoices in revenge.
Nor am I ashamed, as some are, to confess my ignorance of those
matters with which I am unacquainted.
Nor am I ashamed, as some are, to confess my ignorance of those
matters with which I am unacquainted.
The child saies nothing, but what it heard by the fire.
The child saies nothing, but what it heard by the fire.
He enters the port with a full sail.
He enters the port with a full sail.
Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with
all thy getting get understanding.
Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with
all thy getting get understanding.
It is folly to fear what cannot be avoided.
It is folly to fear what cannot be avoided.
Beware the fury of a patient man.
Beware the fury of a patient man.
That, like an eagle in a dovecote, I
Fluttered your Volscians in Corioles.
That, like an eagle in a dovecote, I
Fluttered your Volscians in Corioles.
Actions from youth, advice from the middle-aged, prayers from the
aged.
Actions from youth, advice from the middle-aged, prayers from the
aged.