Long is the road to learning by precepts, but short and
successful by examples.

Long is the road to learning by precepts, but short and
successful by examples.

Stay a while, that we may make an end the sooner.

Stay a while, that we may make an end the sooner.

Night is the mother of Councels.

Night is the mother of Councels.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Honesty's a fool
And loses that it works for.

Honesty's a fool
And loses that it works for.

It is more blessed to give than to receive.

It is more blessed to give than to receive.

Yestreen, when to the trembling string
The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha',
To thee my fancy read more

Yestreen, when to the trembling string
The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha',
To thee my fancy took its wing;
I sat, but neither heard nor saw.

The poor man, while he apes the wealthy, effects his own ruin.
[The fable of frog and the cow.]

The poor man, while he apes the wealthy, effects his own ruin.
[The fable of frog and the cow.]

Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a
fall.

Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a
fall.