Thought for the day...

He who speaks, sows; he who listens, reaps.


There are subjects upon which we cannot reason, we can only feel.


It is in vain to speak reason where it will not be heard.


A man without reason is a beast in season.


Rebuke with soft words and hard arguments.

 

Open rebuke is better than secret hatred.


There is no greater sorrow than to recall in misery the time when we were happy.


Beware of enemies reconciled and of meat twice boiled.


Reflection insures safety, but rashness is followed by regrets.


A wise man reflects and then speaks; a fool speaks and then reflects on his silly remarks.

 

When one dog barks at nothing, a dozen will bark with him.


Fire and faggots are but sad reformers. (faggot: A bundle of twigs, sticks, or branches bound together)


Reforms are generally most unpopular where most needed.


To refuse graciously is half to grant a favor.


Some don’t know the worth of water until the well runs dry.

 

The first half of life is spent in longing for the second; the second in regretting the first.


A good friend is my nearest relation.


He who interferes with the quarrels of relations must past through life without a friend.


A stranger who is kind is a relative; an unkind relative is a stranger.


The rich never lack relatives or friends.

 

A lot of relatives, a lot of trouble.


With a relative, eat and drink, but transact no business with him.


One father can support 9 children, but not 9 children one father.


It’s a wise father that knows his own child.


Visit your aunt, but not every day; and call at your brother’s but not every night.

 

A man without religion is like a horse without a bridle.


Religion is the best armor but the worst cloak.


The truest temples are fixed in the heart.


A woman without religion is like a flower without perfume.


When the danger is past, usually God is forgotten.

 

To be in business is easy, to remain in business is an art.


It is better to be hurt with truth than to be caressed by lies.


Most people make many remarks without saying anything remarkable.


How readily do men at ease prescribe to those who are sick.


The world does not require so much to be informed as to be reminded.

 

Remorse is the echo of a lost virtue.


Old houses and old ladies always need repairing.


Make the plaster as large as the sore.


Late repentance is seldom worth much.


From short pleasure, long repentance.


‘Tis never too late to repent.

 

The sting of a reproach is the truth of it.


Reprove others but correct yourself.


Reprove thy friend privately, commend him publicly.


A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches.


A good name lost is hard to regain.

 

He who has an ill name is half hanged.


No ruins are so irreparable as those of reputation.


Reputation serves to virtue as light does to a picture.


Take away my good name, take away my life.


The greater a man’s reputation, the greater the criticism.