If an ass goes travelling he will not come home a horse.

Quote by Thomas Fuller

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Nowadays truth is the greatest news

Nowadays truth is the greatest news

A woman, a dog and a walnut tree, the more you beat them, the better...

A woman, a dog and a walnut tree, the more you beat them, the better...

Fame is the echo of actions, resounding them to the world, save that the echo...

Fame is the echo of actions, resounding them to the world, save that the echo...

A gift, with a kind countenance, is a double present.

A gift, with a kind countenance, is a double present.

He's my friend that speaks well of me behind my back.

He's my friend that speaks well of me behind my back.

Pride perceiving humility honorable, often borrows her cloak.

Pride perceiving humility honorable, often borrows her cloak.

All things are difficult before they are easy.

All things are difficult before they are easy.

Pride perceiving humility honorable, often borrows her cloak.

Pride perceiving humility honorable, often borrows her cloak.

Prayer: the key of the day and the lock of the night

Prayer: the key of the day and the lock of the night

Nothing is easy to the unwilling.

Nothing is easy to the unwilling.

Contentment consist not in adding more fuel, but in taking away some fire.

Contentment consist not in adding more fuel, but in taking away some fire.

Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it

Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it

All doors open to courtesy.

All doors open to courtesy.

A lie has no leg, but a scandal has wings.

A lie has no leg, but a scandal has wings.

Let him who expects one class of society to prosper in the highest degree, while...

Let him who expects one class of society to prosper in the highest degree, while...

First get an absolute conquest over thyself, and then thou wilt easily govern thy wife.

First get an absolute conquest over thyself, and then thou wilt easily govern thy wife.

'Tis skill, not strength, that governs a ship.

'Tis skill, not strength, that governs a ship.

He lives long that lives well, and time misspent is not lived, but lost.

He lives long that lives well, and time misspent is not lived, but lost.

Being extremely honest with oneself is a good exercise.

Being extremely honest with oneself is a good exercise.

Our bodies are our gardens to which our wills are gardeners.

Our bodies are our gardens to which our wills are gardeners.