They only babble who practise not reflection. |
Revere thyself, and yet thyself despise. |
Men may live fools, but fools they cannot die. |
A man of pleasure is a man of pains. |
The man that blushes is not quite a brute. |
The purpose firm is equal to the deed. |
Tomorrow is the day when idlers work, and fools reform. |
Procrastination is the thief of time. |
Be wise with speed; a fool at forty is a fool indeed. |
A friend is worth all hazards we can run. |
Some for renown, on scraps of learning dote, And think they grow immortal as they quote. |
The maid that loves goes out to sea upon a shattered plank, and puts her trust in miracles for safety. |
The clouds may drop down titles and estates, and wealth may seek us, but wisdom must be sought. |
All men think all men mortal, but themselves. |
Still seems it strange, that thou shouldst live forever? Is it less strange, that thou shouldst live at all? This is a miracle; and that no more. |
The weak have remedies, the wise have joys; superior wisdom is superior bliss. |
None think the great unhappy, but the great. |
Read nature; nature is a friend to truth. |
Truth never was indebted to a lie. |
The house of laughter makes a house of woe. |