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Happiness, long life, and health, are the common desire of most men.
Happiness, long life, and health, are the common desire of most men.
It is easy to avoid an arrow shot in one's sight; but hard to escape one aimed in secret.
It is easy to avoid an arrow shot in one's sight; but hard to escape one aimed in secret.
No one knows how difficult anything is until he has tried to do it.
No one knows how difficult anything is until he has tried to do it.
A spark can start a fire that burns the entire prairie.
A spark can start a fire that burns the entire prairie.
A child's life is like a piece of paper on which every person leaves a mark.
A child's life is like a piece of paper on which every person leaves a mark.
Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own.
Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own.
To talk much and arrive nowhere is the same as climbing a tree to catch a fish.
To talk much and arrive nowhere is the same as climbing a tree to catch a fish.
There are two perfect men; one dead, and the other unborn.
There are two perfect men; one dead, and the other unborn.
Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.
Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.
