70 quotes found
“It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.”
“Though this may be play to you Tis death to us.”
“Be content with your lot one cannot be first in everything.”
“Kindness affects more than severity.”
“The injury we do and the one we suffer are not weighed in the same scales.”
“Injuries may be forgiven but not forgotten.”
“Our insignificance is often the cause of our safety.”
“He that is discontented in one place will seldom be happy in another.”
“It is vain to expect our prayers to be heard if we do not strive as well as pray.”
“After the rain cometh the fair weather.”
“We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.”
“Little by little does the trick.”
“Once a wolf, always a wolf.”
“Betray a friend, and you'll often find you have ruined yourself.”
“Necessity is the mother of invention.”
“A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we then know how to meet him.”
“All men are more concerned to recover what they lose than to acquire what they lack.”
“Do not waste your pity on a scamp.”
“Better poverty without a care than wealth with its many obligations.”
“The value is in the worth, not in the number.”
