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The grateful heart will always find opportunities to show its gratitude.
The weak often revenge themselves on those who use them ill, even though they be the more powerful.
The strong are apt to settle all questions by the rule of might.
Inconsiderate and ill-matched alliances generally end in ruin; and the man who compasses the destruction of his neighbor, is often caught in his own snare.
Economy may be carried too far.
He who proclaims himself ready to buy up his enemies will never want a supply of them.
They who neglect their old friends for the sake of new ones, are rightly served if they lose both.
Much wants more, and loses all.
The memory of a good deed lives.
The same measures will not suit all circumstances.
The smaller the Mind the greater the Conceit.
Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.
Thus the Sun was declared the conqueror; and it has ever
been deemed that persuasion is better than force; and that the sunshine of a kind and gentle manner will sooner lay open a poor man's heart than all the threatenings and force of blustering authority.
It is too late to whet the sword when the trumpet sounds to draw it.
The greedy man and the miser cannot enjoy their gains.
We should never look so high as to miss seeing the things that are around us.
The poor and weak are often made to suffer for the follies of the great.
Nip evil in the bud.
He that submits his principles to the influence and caprices of opposite parties will end in having no principles at all.
He who will steal a part will steal the whole.
Distance exaggerates dangers.
Sweet words may deliver us from peril, when harsh words would fail.
Professions are best tested by deeds.
Two sureties are better than one.
When we throw off rulers or dependents, who have already made the most of us, we do but, for the most part, lay ourselves open to others, who will make us bleed yet more freely.
Might makes right.
Fir Tree."
Evergreen, needle-shaped, upward-pointing foliage
Better poverty without care, than riches with.
Two blacks do not make one white.
Change of habit cannot alter nature.
The value is in the worth, not in the number.
So, is there no safety in numbers?
