Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.

Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.

Let him laugh, who is on the right side of the hedge.

Let him laugh, who is on the right side of the hedge.

He that sowes trusts in God.

He that sowes trusts in God.

The house should derive dignity from the master, not the master
from the house.

The house should derive dignity from the master, not the master
from the house.

There is a good deal in a man's mode of eating.

There is a good deal in a man's mode of eating.

Hard toil can roughen form and face,
And want call quench the eye's bright grace.

Hard toil can roughen form and face,
And want call quench the eye's bright grace.

The grape becomes tinted from the grape it comes in contact with.

The grape becomes tinted from the grape it comes in contact with.

Thinking to bite something soft, he found it hard. [Catching a
Tartar]

Thinking to bite something soft, he found it hard. [Catching a
Tartar]

While I plan, and plan, my hair
Is gray before I know it.

While I plan, and plan, my hair
Is gray before I know it.