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A word spoken in due season, how good is it!
A word spoken in due season, how good is it!
A pearl may in a toad's head dwell,
And may be found too in an oyster shell.
A pearl may in a toad's head dwell,
And may be found too in an oyster shell.
The deepest rivers flow with the least sound.
[Lat., Altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labuntur.]
The deepest rivers flow with the least sound.
[Lat., Altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labuntur.]
A crown
Golden in show, is but a wreath of thorns,
Bring dangers, troubles, cares, and sleepless read more
A crown
Golden in show, is but a wreath of thorns,
Bring dangers, troubles, cares, and sleepless nights
To him who wears the regal diadem.
Politeness and an affable address are our best introduction.
Politeness and an affable address are our best introduction.
Warre makes theeves, and peace hangs them.
Warre makes theeves, and peace hangs them.
Let him who has once perceived how much that, which has been
discarded, excels that which he has longed read more
Let him who has once perceived how much that, which has been
discarded, excels that which he has longed for, return at once,
and seek again that which he despised.
Mend your cloathes, and you may hold out this yeare.
Mend your cloathes, and you may hold out this yeare.
The deafe gaines the injury.
The deafe gaines the injury.
