WednesdayNov 04, 2026
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'Tis the part of a wise man to keep himself today for tomorrow, and not venture all his eggs in one basket.
He that will not when he may, When he would, he should have nay.
Three things too much, and three too little are pernicious to man; to speak much, and know little; to spend much, and have little; to presume much, and be worth little.
To withdraw is not to run away.
Now blessings light on him that first invented this same sleep: it covers a man all over, thoughts and all, like a cloak; 'tis meat for the hungry, drink for the thirsty, heat for the cold, and cold for the hot. 'Tis the current coin that purchases all the pleasures of the world cheap; and the balance that sets the king and the shepherd, the fool and the wise-man even. There is only one thing, that I dislike in sleep; 'tis that it resembles death; there's very little difference between a man in his first sleep, and a man in his last sleep.
I can tell where my own shoe pinches me.
Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world. Yet from this lesson thou will learn to avoid the frog's foolish ambition of swelling to rival the bigness of the ox.
In every case, the remedy is to take action. Get clear about exactly what it is that you need to learn and exactly what you need to do to learn it. BEING CLEAR KILLS FEAR. Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world.
'He preaches well that lives well,' quoth Sancho, 'thats all the divinity I can understand.'
Everyone is the son of his own works.
Too much sanity may be madness. And maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be!
The brave man carves out his fortune, and every man is the son of his own works.
Forewarned, forearmed; to be prepared is half the victory.
He gives twice who quickly gives. Bis dat qui cito dat
I do not say a proverb is amiss when aptly and reasonably applied, but to be forever discharging them, right or wrong, hit or miss, renders conversation insipid and vulgar.
By the street of by and by, one arrives at the house of never.
Don't put too fine a point to your wit for fear it should get blunted.
Where one door shuts another opens.
Take care, your worship, those things over there are not giants but windmills.
All music jars when the soul's out of tune.
He is mad past recovery, but yet he has lucid intervals
As ill luck would have it.
Love not what you are, but what you may become.
Liberty is one of the choicest gifts that heaven hath bestowed upon man, and exceeds in volume all the treasures which the earth contains within its bosom or the sea covers. Liberty, as well as honor, man ought to preserve at the hazard of his life for without it, life is insupportable.
Liberty, as well as honor, man ought to preserve at the hazard of his life, for without it life is insupportable.
Labour for their pains.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating. By a small sample we may judge of the whole piece.
Jests that give pains are no jests.
One man scorned and covered with scars still strove with his last ounce of courage to reach the unreachable stars; and the world will be better for this.
Hunger is the best sauce in the world.
Honesty's the best policy.
Good painters imitate nature, bad ones spew it up.
Tell me what company thou keepst, and I'll tell thee what thou art.
Tell me what company you keep and I'll tell you what you are.
Our greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within.
Fair and softly goes far.
A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience.
All persons are not discreet enough to know how to take things by the right handle
Delay always breeds danger and to protract a great design is often to ruin it.
Those who will play with cats must expect to be scratched.
By the street of By-and-By, one arrives at the house of Never.
Every production must resemble its author.
There are but few proverbial sayings that are not true, for they are all drawn from experience itself, which is the mother of all sciences.
I drink when I have occasion, and sometimes when I have no occasion.
Drink moderately, for drunkenness neither keeps a secret, nor observes a promise.
Absence that common cure of love.
The road is always better than the Inn.
By the streets of by and by, one arrives at the house of never.
Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
Truth may be stretched, but cannot be broken, and always gets above falsehood, as oil does above water.
There is no greater folly in the world than for a man to despair.
He who sings frightens away his ills.
Good actions ennoble us, we are the sons of our own deeds.
Among the attributes of God, although they are all equal, mercy shines with even more brilliancy than justice.
Honesty is the best policy.
He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; But he that loses his courage loses all.
Experience is the universal mother of sciences.
The pen is the tongue of the mind.
Other men's pains are easily borne.
Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world.
All kinds of beauty do not inspire love; there is a kind which only pleases the sight, But does not captivate the affections.
Unseasonable mirth always turns to sorrow.
Be slow of tongue and quick of eye.
Every one is the son of his own works.
Blest be...sleep - a cloak to cover all human imaginings, food to satisfy hunger, water to quench thirst, fire to warm cold air, cold to temper heat, and, lastly, a coin to buy whatever we need.
Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good.
For if he like a madman lived, At least he like a wise one died.
'Tis an old saying, the Devil lurks behind the cross. All is not gold that glitters. From the tail of the plough, Bamba was made King of Spain; and from his silks and riches was Rodrigo cast to be devoured by the snakes.
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