No gains without pains. Many complain of their memory, few of their judgment. Man's tongue is soft, and bone doth lack; yet a stroke therewith may break a man's back. Make haste slowly. Love your neighbour; yet don't pull down your hedge. Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late. Life with fools consists in drinking; with the wise man, thinking. Pay what you owe, and you'll know what's your own. Don't throw stones at your neighbours, if your own windows are glass. He who waits upon fortune is never sure of dinner. |