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Marry your daughters betimes, lest they marry themselves.
Marry your daughters betimes, lest they marry themselves.
Nothing succeeds like success.
[Fr., Rien ne reussit comme le succes.]
Nothing succeeds like success.
[Fr., Rien ne reussit comme le succes.]
Work while your strength and years permit you; crooked age will
by-and-by come upon you with silent foot.
Work while your strength and years permit you; crooked age will
by-and-by come upon you with silent foot.
O doul on the day that gae me an old man.
O doul on the day that gae me an old man.
An old friend is a new house.
An old friend is a new house.
The Smith and his penny both are black.
The Smith and his penny both are black.
It is peculiarly a fool's habit to discern the faults of others,
and to forget his own.
It is peculiarly a fool's habit to discern the faults of others,
and to forget his own.