He alone is wise who can accommodate himself to all contingencies of life; but the fool contends, and struggles like a swimmer against the stream.

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Garlic is as good as ten mothers

Garlic is as good as ten mothers

Self-assurance is two-thirds of success.

Self-assurance is two-thirds of success.

If a job is worth doing, it's worth doing well

If a job is worth doing, it's worth doing well

A good judge conceives quickly, judges slowly

A good judge conceives quickly, judges slowly

Grow where you are planted

Grow where you are planted

A beautiful thing is never perfect.

A beautiful thing is never perfect.

Women naturally deceive, weep and spin.

Women naturally deceive, weep and spin.

He is a fool that praises himself and a madman that speaks ill of himself

He is a fool that praises himself and a madman that speaks ill of himself

A wicked book cannot repent

A wicked book cannot repent

A watched clock never tells the time

A watched clock never tells the time

Who seeks adventures finds blows

Who seeks adventures finds blows

A handful of common sense is worth a bushel of learning

A handful of common sense is worth a bushel of learning

When your companions get drunk and fight, take up your hat and wish them good...

When your companions get drunk and fight, take up your hat and wish them good...

A danger foreseen is half avoided

A danger foreseen is half avoided

Old age though despised, is coveted by all.

Old age though despised, is coveted by all.

If you could run, as you drink, you might catch a hare.

If you could run, as you drink, you might catch a hare.

Imagination gallops; judgment merely walks

Imagination gallops; judgment merely walks

Keep good company and you shall be of the number

Keep good company and you shall be of the number

Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next...

Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next...

The reporter is the daily prisoner of clocked facts. On all working days, he is...

The reporter is the daily prisoner of clocked facts. On all working days, he is...