Unto the pure all things are pure.

Unto the pure all things are pure.

Or will you think, my friend, your bus'ness done
When, of a hundred thorns, you pull out one.

Or will you think, my friend, your bus'ness done
When, of a hundred thorns, you pull out one.

Amiens was taken by the Fox, and retaken by the Lion.

Amiens was taken by the Fox, and retaken by the Lion.

Not only ought fortune to be pictured on a wheel, but every thing
else in this world.

Not only ought fortune to be pictured on a wheel, but every thing
else in this world.

Fidelity, purchased with money, money can destroy.

Fidelity, purchased with money, money can destroy.

A bad reader soon puts to flight both wise men and fools.

A bad reader soon puts to flight both wise men and fools.

In the mouth of a bad dog fals often a good bone.

In the mouth of a bad dog fals often a good bone.

Every one who repeats it adds something to the scandal. [The
rolling snow-ball.]

Every one who repeats it adds something to the scandal. [The
rolling snow-ball.]

Proverbs like the sacred books of each nation, are the sanctuary
of the intuitions.

Proverbs like the sacred books of each nation, are the sanctuary
of the intuitions.