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Vertue and a Trade are the best portion for Children.
Vertue and a Trade are the best portion for Children.
Every one who repeats it adds something to the scandal. [The
rolling snow-ball.]
Every one who repeats it adds something to the scandal. [The
rolling snow-ball.]
Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long and wise experience.
Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long and wise experience.
Labour with what zeal we will,
Something still remains undone,
Something uncompleted still
Waits read more
Labour with what zeal we will,
Something still remains undone,
Something uncompleted still
Waits the rising of the sun.
Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall
take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient read more
Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall
take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day
is the evil thereof.
Let ease and rest at times be given to the weary.
Let ease and rest at times be given to the weary.
That father perished at the stake
For tenets he would not forsake.
That father perished at the stake
For tenets he would not forsake.
What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.
What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.
Demons in act, but gods at least in face.
Demons in act, but gods at least in face.