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The folly of one man is the fortune of another.
The folly of one man is the fortune of another.
Hee that stumbles and falles not, mends his pace.
Hee that stumbles and falles not, mends his pace.
The maxims of men reveal their characters.
[Fr., Les maximes des hommes decelent leur coeur.]
The maxims of men reveal their characters.
[Fr., Les maximes des hommes decelent leur coeur.]
A people without history is like the wind on the buffalo grass.
A people without history is like the wind on the buffalo grass.
Passion and strife bow down the mind.
Passion and strife bow down the mind.
The grape becomes tinted from the grape it comes in contact with.
The grape becomes tinted from the grape it comes in contact with.
An examin'd enterprize goes on boldly.
An examin'd enterprize goes on boldly.
Busily engaged in doing nothing. [A squirrel in a cage.]
Busily engaged in doing nothing. [A squirrel in a cage.]
Fight thou with shafts of silver, and o'ercome
When no force else can get the masterdom.
Fight thou with shafts of silver, and o'ercome
When no force else can get the masterdom.
