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Endure the present, and watch for better things.
Endure the present, and watch for better things.
Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather:
injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.
Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather:
injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.
Count not fowre except you have them in a wallett.
Count not fowre except you have them in a wallett.
Check the beginning of evil; the remedy is too late when the
disease by delay has increased in strength.
Check the beginning of evil; the remedy is too late when the
disease by delay has increased in strength.
You must endure what is painful to secure that which is
profitable.
You must endure what is painful to secure that which is
profitable.
Since you know all, and I nothing, tell me what I dreamed last
night.
Since you know all, and I nothing, tell me what I dreamed last
night.
We are worthless fowl, hatched from unlucky eggs.
We are worthless fowl, hatched from unlucky eggs.
He will be the last to discover the disgrace of his house.
He will be the last to discover the disgrace of his house.