PROVERBS A proverb is the wit of one, and the wisdom of many. Lord John Russell Exclusive of the abstract sciences, the largest and worthiest portion of our knowledge consists of aphorisms. Coleridge Learning is better than houses, lands, or money. So long as you are ignorant, be not ashamed to learn. Idleness is the parent of vice and misery. A good word for a bad one is worth much, and costs little. The credit that is got by a lie only lasts till the truth is out. Oil and truth will get uppermost at last. A good name will shine forever. A bad wound heals; a bad name kills. A boy is known by the company he keeps. Say well is good, but Do well is better. Manners and learning make a gentleman. Deeds are fruits; words are but leaves. By entertaining good thoughts, you will keep out evil ones. A fault is made worse by endeavoring to conceal it. Little strokes fell great oaks. It is less painful to learn in youth than to be ignorant in age. He who rises late never does a good day's work. When we cannot find contentment in ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere. There is nothing so bad as not to be good for something. What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the mind. Time, patience, and industry are the three great masters of the world. Lose no opportunity of doing a good action. Command your temper, lest it command you. A young man idle is an old man needy. When one will not, two can not quarrel. He who subdues his anger conquers his greatest enemy. When you receive a kindness, remember it; when you do a kindness, forget it. Receive your thoughts as guests, and treat your desires as children. Chinese Proverb Virtue does not give talents, but it supplies their place. Talents neither give virtue, nor supply the place of it. Chinese Proverb Ceremony is the smoke of friendship. Chinese Proverb Politeness is the outward garment of good-will. Guesses at Truth If the staff be crooked, the shadow cannot be straight. Anon One forgives every thing to him who forgives himself nothing. Labor conquers every thing. Chinese Proverb Virgil The best remedy for injuries is to forget them. Latin Proverb The avaricious man is kind to no person, but he is most unkind to himself. Latin Proverb The imagination exercises a powerful influence over every act of sense, thought, reason, every idea. over Latin Proverb Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet. Rousseau Beauty without virtue is a flower without perfume. French Proverb Know when to speak, for many times it brings Whatever comes, let's be content withal; Herrick |