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By-and-by has no end.
[Lat., Modo, et modo, non habebent modum.]
By-and-by has no end.
[Lat., Modo, et modo, non habebent modum.]
Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better
than these? for thou dost not read more
Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better
than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.
Time is at once the most valuable and the most perishable of all our possessions.
Time is at once the most valuable and the most perishable of all our possessions.
Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in.
Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in.
I said there was nothing so convincing to an Indian as a general massacre. If he could not approve of read more
I said there was nothing so convincing to an Indian as a general massacre. If he could not approve of the massacre, I said the next surest thing for an Indian was soap and education. Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre, but they are more deadly in the long run; because a half-massacred Indian may recover, but if you educate him and wash him, it is bound to finish him some time or other.
Six years--six little years--six drops of time.
Six years--six little years--six drops of time.
Six hours in sleep is enough for youth and age. Perhaps seven
for the lazy, but we allow eight read more
Six hours in sleep is enough for youth and age. Perhaps seven
for the lazy, but we allow eight to no one.
Time is like money, the less we have of it to spare the further we make it go.
Time is like money, the less we have of it to spare the further we make it go.
