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How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
[Lat., Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent!]
How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
[Lat., Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent!]
If you would be wealthy, think of saving as well as getting.
If you would be wealthy, think of saving as well as getting.
I shall speak facts; but some will say I deal in fiction.
I shall speak facts; but some will say I deal in fiction.
Imperceptibly the hours glide on, and beguile us as they pass.
Imperceptibly the hours glide on, and beguile us as they pass.
He who gets the better of an irascible temperament conquers his
worst enemy.
He who gets the better of an irascible temperament conquers his
worst enemy.
Whatever you advise, be as brief as possible.
Whatever you advise, be as brief as possible.
The battle is over when the foe has fallen.
The battle is over when the foe has fallen.
He who would not be indolent, let him fall in love.
He who would not be indolent, let him fall in love.
He hath great neede of a foole, that plaies the foole himselfe.
He hath great neede of a foole, that plaies the foole himselfe.