Unknown Sayings

What a lady says to an eager lover he may write in the wind, or
in running water.

What a lady says to an eager lover he may write in the wind, or
in running water.

Of what avail are pedigrees?

Of what avail are pedigrees?

'Tis best to pause, and think, ere you rush on.

'Tis best to pause, and think, ere you rush on.

Wisdom triumphs over chance.

Wisdom triumphs over chance.

The price never stood in the way of her inclination.

The price never stood in the way of her inclination.

In my integrity I'll wrap me up.

In my integrity I'll wrap me up.

Enjoy thankfully any happy hour heaven may send you, nor think
that your delights will keep till another year.

Enjoy thankfully any happy hour heaven may send you, nor think
that your delights will keep till another year.

Let not your expenditure exceed your income.

Let not your expenditure exceed your income.

To have properly studied the liberal sciences gives a polish to
our manners, and removes all awkwardness.

To have properly studied the liberal sciences gives a polish to
our manners, and removes all awkwardness.

Let nothing offensive to the ear or the eye enter these
thresholds, within which youth dwells.

Let nothing offensive to the ear or the eye enter these
thresholds, within which youth dwells.