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The Germans wit is in his fingers.
The Germans wit is in his fingers.
You cannot make the fire so low but it will get out.
You cannot make the fire so low but it will get out.
Hope is the poore mans bread.
Hope is the poore mans bread.
I am not what I once was.
[Lat., Non sum qualis eram.]
I am not what I once was.
[Lat., Non sum qualis eram.]
The excesses of our youth are drafts upon our old age, payable
with interest about thirty years after date.
The excesses of our youth are drafts upon our old age, payable
with interest about thirty years after date.
O doul on the day that gae me an old man.
O doul on the day that gae me an old man.
It is far easier to begin a task than to finish it.
It is far easier to begin a task than to finish it.
Litle stickes kindle the fire; great ones put it out.
Litle stickes kindle the fire; great ones put it out.
Don't promise twice what you can do at once.
Don't promise twice what you can do at once.