Quietude, which some men cannot abide because it reveals their inward poverty, is as a palace of cedar to the wise, for along its hallowed courts the King in his beauty deigns to walk |
The anvil is not afraid of the hammer. |
The worst thing that can happen to a man who gambles is to win |
The worst thing that can happen to a man who gambles is to win |
Trials teach us what we are; they dig up the soil, and let us see what we are made of; they just turn up some of the ill weeds on to the surface. |
Trust in the person's promise, who dares to refuse what they fear they cannot perform. |
When you see a man with a great deal of religion displayed in his shop window, you may depend upon it, he keeps a very small stock of it within |
Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. |