What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.

What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.

Here, or nowhere, is the thing we seek.

Here, or nowhere, is the thing we seek.

A loss, of which we are ignorant, is no loss.

A loss, of which we are ignorant, is no loss.

Often do the spirits
Of great events stride on before the events,
And in to-day already walks read more

Often do the spirits
Of great events stride on before the events,
And in to-day already walks to-morrow.

Custom is second nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo est secunda natura.]

Custom is second nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo est secunda natura.]

Those, that with haste will make a mighty fire,
Begin it with weak straws.

Those, that with haste will make a mighty fire,
Begin it with weak straws.

His bark is worse than his bite.

His bark is worse than his bite.

Men would be angels, angels would be gods.

Men would be angels, angels would be gods.

Nothing stings us so bitterly as the loss of money.

Nothing stings us so bitterly as the loss of money.