Wise or Otherwise Part 3

ODDS AND-ENDS

Man's greatest enemy is himself.

Never chide fate while will sleeps.

The prophet must know the past.

Foul words kill the sweetest flowers.

Repentant tears are the soul's pearls.

Common customs are not nature's laws.

No man blesses the calm until after the storm.

Much study makes a full head and an empty stomach.

You cannot fan the ashes of a dead love into a flame.

Innocence, like a beautiful dying day, goes out with a purple blush.

To steer the true course, one must not only see the star but have a pilot.

It is easier to remove a mountain than to wash out a spot on a woman's reputation.

The marble heart has valves of flint.

Women covet satin, as men covet gold.

The garments of virtue are of spun gold.

When law is blind examine your own heart.

Valour in defence of wrong becomes a crime.

Man ceases to be a man when his pa.s.sions die.

Trembling patience is better than proud evil.

Malice and ignorance constantly itch for trouble.

Life is not a funeral dole but a living present.

He honours the state who refuses to commit a wrong.

Opportunities, like pretty maids, should be embraced.

Man's injustice to man shall not be an eternal stain.

Defeat may be more glorious than victory.