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A soft answer turneth away wrath.
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
The love of popularity holds you in a vice.
The love of popularity holds you in a vice.
He that will take the bird, must not skare it.
He that will take the bird, must not skare it.
He is not poore that hath little, but he that desireth much.
He is not poore that hath little, but he that desireth much.
God's in His Heaven--
All's right with the world!
God's in His Heaven--
All's right with the world!
Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.
Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.
The silence often of pure innocence
Persuades, when speaking fails.
The silence often of pure innocence
Persuades, when speaking fails.
The brightest of all things, the sun, hath its spots.
The brightest of all things, the sun, hath its spots.
No hour brings good fortune to one man without bringing
misfortune to another.
No hour brings good fortune to one man without bringing
misfortune to another.