The ridiculous is more easily retained than the admirable |
The secret of all good writing is sound judgment. |
The snows have fled; already the grass is returning to the fields and the leaves to the trees. |
The truely generous is the truely wise. |
The vice president has been issued with a summons to appear before the chief resident magistrate in Lilongwe [the capital] on Wednesday, |
The word once spoken flies beyond recall. |
The years as they come bring many agreeable things with them; As they go, they take many away |
The years as they pass plunder us of one thing after another. |
There is a mean in all things; even virtue itself has stated limits; which not being strictly observed, it ceases to be virtue |
There is measure in all things. |
There is moderation in everything. |
There is need of brevity, that the thought may run on |
There is nothing assured to mortals. |
They change their climate, not their soul, who rush across the sea. |
Think of the wonders uncorked by wine! It opens secrets, gives heart to our hopes, pushes the cowardly into battle, lifts the load from anxious minds, and evokes talents. Thanks to the bottle's prompting no one is lost for words, no one who's cramped by poverty fails to find release. |