Fair words butter no parsnips.

Fair words butter no parsnips.

A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.

A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.

Worship and birth to me are known
By look, by bearing, and by tone,
Not by furred read more

Worship and birth to me are known
By look, by bearing, and by tone,
Not by furred robe, or broidered zone.

Rashness is the companion of youth, prudence of old age.

Rashness is the companion of youth, prudence of old age.

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he
will not depart read more

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he
will not depart from it.

Knowledge makes one laugh, but wealth makes one dance.

Knowledge makes one laugh, but wealth makes one dance.

Nothing is difficult in the eyes of a lover.

Nothing is difficult in the eyes of a lover.

The girl is the smallest portion of herself. [The girl is all
crinoline and chignon.]

The girl is the smallest portion of herself. [The girl is all
crinoline and chignon.]

Let ease and rest at times be given to the weary.

Let ease and rest at times be given to the weary.