wisdom
“He has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle.”
“He that would live in peace and at ease, must not speak all he knows, nor judge all he sees.”
“Happiness, n. An agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another.”
“Decide, v.i. To succumb to the preponderance of one set of influences over another set.”
“Dawn, n. The time when men of reason go to bed. Certain old men prefer to rise at about that time, taking a cold bath and a long walk with an empty stomach, and otherwise mortifying the flesh.”
“Alone, adj. In bad company.”
“Advice, n. The smallest current coin.”
“The best wine is the oldest. the best water the newest.”
“If others had not been foolish, we should be so.”
“The thankful reciever bears a plentiful harvest.”
“The apple tree never asks the beech how he shall grow, nor the lion, the horse; how he shall take his prey.”
“The weak in courage is strong in cunning.”
“Listen to the fools reproach! it is a kingly title!”
“The rat, the mouse, the fox, the rabbet; watch the roots, the lion, the tyger, the horse, the elephant, watch the fruits.”
“Bring out number weight & measure in a year of dearth.”
“All wholsom food is caught without a net or a trap.”
“Dip him in the river who loves water.”
“Prudence is a rich ugly old maid courted by Incapacity.”
“Spend the years of learning squandering; courage for the years of wandering.”
“To every man his little cross. Till he dies. And is forgotten.”