. Time is a file that wears and makes no noise. Time is the rider that breaks youth Time undermines us a.i. Timely blossom, timely ripe. 'Tis a wise man only that is content with what he has. "Tis but a little narrow soul which earthly things can please. "Tis easier to build two chimneys than to maintain one. 'Tis great courage to suffer and great wisdom to bear patiently. "Tis great wisdom to forget all the injuries we may receive. "Tis much better to be thought a fool than to be a knave. "Tis not your posterity, but your actions, that will perpetuate your memory. 'Tis safe riding in a good harbor. 'Tis the most dangerous vice that looks like virtue. To know how to be content with a little is not a morsel for a fool's mouth. To live peaceably with all breeds good blood. To preach well you must first practice what you teach others. To recover a bad man is a double kindness or virtue. To reprove a fool is but lost labor. Touch a gailed horse on the back and he will kick. Trade is the mother of money. Trouts are not caught with dry breeches. 'Tis too late to spare when the pocket is ruin of many. bare. "Tis wit to pick a lock and steal a horse, but 'tis wisdom to let it alone. To be commended by those who might blame without fear gives great pleasure. To borrow on usury brings sudden beggary. Trust not a horse's heels nor a dog's tooth. Truth ill-timed is as bad as a lie. Two cats and a mouse, two wives in one house, two dogs and a bone, never agree in To common soldiers blood makes the one. general a great man. Two dogs strive for a bone and a third To crow well and scrape ill is the devil's runs away with it. trade. To divide as others used to do: that which is mine is all my own, that which is your's I go halves in. To do good still make no delay, for life and time slide fast away. To forget a wrong is the best revenge. To frighten a bird is not the way to catch her. To give and to keep there is need of wit. To have done well obliges us to do so still. Two dry sticks will kindle a green one. Two things indicate a weak mind: to be silent when it is proper to speak, and to speak when it is proper to be silent. Tyrant custom makes a slave of reason. Ugly women finely dressed are the uglier for it. Ulcers cannot be cured that are concealed. To him that wills, ways are not wanting. wound. Under a good cloak may be a bad man. Unworthy offspring brag the most of their worthy descent. Use or practice of a thing is the best mas ter. Use soft words and hard arguments. Use the means, and God will give the blessing. Vain-glory blossoms and bears no fruit. Valor would cease to be a virtue if there were no injustice. Valor would fight, but discretion would run away. Vanity has no greater foe than vanity. Venture a small fish to catch a great one. Vice is set off with the shadow or resemblance of virtue. Vice is the most dangerous when it puts on the garb of virtue. Vices are learned without a teacher. Virtue is its own reward. Virtue is more persecuted by the wicked than encouraged by the good. Wealth is his who enjoys it, and the world his who scrambles for it.. Wealth is not his who gets it, but his who enjoys it. Wealth, like rheum, falls on the weakest parts. Wedding and ill wintering tame both man and beast. We must wink at small faults. We ought not give the fine flour to the devil and the bran to God. We shall all be alike in our graves. We shall have a house without a fault in the next world. We should never remember the benefits we have conferred, nor forget the favors received. We think the lawyers to be wise men, and they know us to be fools. Welcome is the best cheer. What cannot be cured must be endured. What is learned in the cradle last to the grave. What maintains one vice would bring up two children. What soberness conceals drunkenness reveals. What the eye sees not the heart rues not. Virtue is the best patrimony for a child must pay for when you are sober. to inherit. Virtue must be our trade and study, not our chance. Visit your aunt, but not every day in the year. Vows made in storms are forgotten in calms. Wake not a sleeping lion. Want of cure does us more damage than want of knowledge. War makes thieves and peace hangs them. We are usually the best men when we are worst in health. Wealth betrays the best resolved mind into one vice or other. What you can do alone expect not from another. What you eat by yourself never gains you a friend. When a lackey comes to hell, the devil locks the gate. When a man comes into trouble, money is one of his best friends. When a man is tumbling down every man lends a hand. When a thing is done advice comes too late. When a tree is fallen every man goeth to it with his hatchet. When all is consumed repentance comes too late. When all men say you are an ass it is time to bray. When children are little they make their parent's heads ache, and when they grow up they make their hearts ache. When either side grows warm with arguments the wisest man gives over first. When you meet with a fool, pretend business to get rid of him. When you meet with a virtuous man, draw his picture. When you ride a young colt, see your saddle be well girt. When your neighbor's house is on fire, When flatterers meet the devil goes to carry water to your own. dinner. Where every hand fleeceth the sheep go When it rains pottage you must hold up naked. your dish. Where honor ceaseth, there knowledge When poverty comes in at the door love decreaseth. leaps out of the window. When the cat's away the mice will play. When the demand is a jest, the fittest answer is a scoff. When the devil goes to his prayers, he means to cheat you. When the fox preaches beware of your geese. When the good cheer is lacking our friends will be packing. When the good man is from home the good wife's table is soon spread. When the old dog barks he gives counsel. When the pear is ripe it must of course fall. When the ship is sunk every one knows she might have been saved. When the steed is stolen the stable door is shut. When the well is dry we know the worth of water. When the wind is in the east, it is neither good for man or beast. When the wine is in the wit is out. When thieves fall out their knaveries come to light. When sorrow is asleep wake it not. When two friends have & common purse, one sings and the other weeps. Where ignorance is bliss it is folly to be wise. Where men are well used they will frequent there. Where nothing is to be had, the king must lose his right. Where the hedge is lowest, all men go over. Where the river is deepest it makes least noise. Where the will is ready the feet are light. Where the wolf gets one lamb he looks for another. Where there are women and geese there wants no noise. Who buys hath need for an hundred eyes; who sells hath enough of one. Who has nothing fears nothing. Who hath a cold hath sorrow to his sops. Who hath a wolf for his mate, needs a dog for his man. Who hath bitter in his mouth, spits not all sweet. Who hunts two hares, leaves one and loses the other. Who never climbed never fell. Who so blind as he who will not see? Who takes an ee by the tail and a woman by her word, may say he holds nothing. Who wants to beat a dog soon finds a. stick. Whoso lacketh a stock, his gain is not worth a chip. Wickedness with beauty, is the devil's hook baited. Wide ears and a short tongue. Wife and children are bills of charges. Will, without reason, is blind; and against reason, is mad. Willows are weak, yet they bind stronger wood. Wind puffs up empty bladders; opinion, fools. Wine and youth are fire upon fire. Wine ever pays for his lodging. Wine is a turncoat: first a friend, then an enemy. Wine wears no breeches. Wisdom is more to be envied than riches. Wise distrust is the parent of security. Wise men have their mouths in the heart, fools their hearts in their mouth. Wise men with pity do behold. Fools worship mules, who carry gold. Wishes can never fill a sack. Wit ill applied is a dangerous weapon. Wit is folly unless a wise man hath the keeping of it. Wit once bought is worth twice taught. Wit without discretion is a sword in the hands of a fool. Write down the advice of him who loves you, though you like it not at present. Years know more than books. Years pass not over men's heads for nothing. Yelping curs may anger mastiffs at læs. You can have no more of a cat than her skin. You cannot catch old birds with chaff. You cannot draw blood from a turnip. You cannot drive a windmill with a pair of bellows. You cannot make velvet of a sow's ear. You cannot sail as you would, but as the wind blows. You cannot take a cow from a man who has none. You can't judge a horse by the harness. You know not what may happen, is the hope of fools. You may gape long enough before a bird will fall in your mouth. You may know the master by his man. You must ask your neighbor, if you shall live in peace. You must cut your coat according to your cloth. You must let your phlegm subdue your choler, if you would not spoil your busi With all your learning be sure and know ness. yourself. You must walk a long while behind a Women and dogs set men together by the wild goose before you find an ostrich ears. Women laugh when they can, and weep when they will. Women, wine and horses are ware men are often deceived in. Women's and children's wishes are the aim and happiness of every weak man. Words instruct but example persuades effectually. Working in your calling is half praying. Wranglers never want words. feather. * Young men may die, old men must. Your looking-g ass wil tell you what none of your friends will. Youth and white paper take any impres sion. Zeal is fit only for wise men, but is found mostly in fools. Zeal without knowledge is the sister of folly. LIST OF AUTHORS QUOTED. Abercrombie, Dr., 206. Arnold, Matthew, 397. Adams, H. G., 190, 228, 285, Ashley, Lord, 323. 318, 353. Adams, John, 336. Adams, J. Q., 109, 313. Addison, Joseph, 1, 8, 49, 50, Aikin, J., 85, 188. | Atterbury, Bishop, 182, 189, Ausonius, 150, 213. Akenside, M., 120, 229, 280, Baillie, Joanna, 9, 10, 32, 59, 281. Aleyn, C., 15, 82, 89, 95, 124, Anisthines, 126. 74, 76, 79, 101, 106, 107, 108, Bailey, Philip James, 6, 24, 281. Barford, 309. Baron, R., 54, 126, 290, 291. Barrington, 116. Barrow, Dr. Isaac, 23, 210, 274. Bates, David, 322. Baxter, Richard, 205, 354, 358, 360, 390. 295. Beattie, James, 141. 12, 22, 34, 42, 44, 46, 52, 63, Bentley, Dr., 22, 379. Bickerstaff, 186, 278, 283. |