Riches are first to be sought for; after wealth, virtue.

Riches are first to be sought for; after wealth, virtue.

Had the crow only fed without cawing she would have had more to
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Had the crow only fed without cawing she would have had more to
eat, and much less of strife and envy to contend with. [To noise
abroad our success is to invite envy and competition.]

In the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.

In the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
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Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
And some condemned for a fault alone.

He who won't be ruled by the rudder must be ruled by the rock.

He who won't be ruled by the rudder must be ruled by the rock.

I hold a wolf by the ears. [I am in a dilemma I have caught a
Tartar.]

I hold a wolf by the ears. [I am in a dilemma I have caught a
Tartar.]

We suffer more in imagination than in reality.

We suffer more in imagination than in reality.

Man naturally yearns for novelty.

Man naturally yearns for novelty.