Thought for the day...

Rome was not built in a day.

A poor man without patience is like a lamp without oil.

Where the heart is right there is true patriotism.

A good paymaster is never in want of workmen.

Soon paid is well paid.

 

Pay as you go.

If you pay what you owe, what you’re worth you’ll know.

Better keep peace than make peace.

He only truly lives who lives in peace.

If you desire peace be ever prepared for war.

 

Peace flourishes when reason rules.

A cake eaten in peace is worth two in trouble.

A disarmed peace is weak.

The sheep who talks peace with a wolf will soon be mutton.

No man can live in peace unless his neighbor lets him.

 

A harvest of peace is produced from a seed of contentment.

In deep waters men find great pearls.

A peg is driven out by a peg, a nail by a nail.

The pen is mightier than the sword.

He who plays with a cat must bear its scratches.

 

The poor do penance for the follies of their superiors.

Like ruler, like law; like law, like people.

The brightest of all things, the sun, has its spots.

No cloth is too fine for moths to devour.

Once a beggar, always a beggar.

 

There is nothing permanent except change.

After a bad harvest, sow again.

He that stays in the valley will never get over the hill.

If you can’t fly, crawl.

Step by step the ladder is ascended.

 

The other side of the road always looks cleanest.

The hog that is filthy tries to make others so.

The foolish and perverse fill the lawyer’s purse.

Many talk like philosophers and live like fools.

Trust not too much in an enchanting face.

 

A room hung with pictures is a room hung with thoughts.

No piper can please all ears.

You can’t be in two places at the same time.

The right way leads to the right place.

It is well to leave off playing when the game is at the best.

 

Every age wants its playthings.

Edged tools and sacred things are dangerous things.

He labors in vain who tries to please everybody.

A man of pleasure is a man of pains.

Flee the pleasure that will bite tomorrow.

Short pleasure often brings long repentance.

 

Plow deep and you will have plenty of corn.

Faith never stands around with its hands in its pockets.

Never write what you dare not sign.

Even the finest diamond must be cut.

As charity covers a multitude of sins before God, so does politeness among men.

 

Behave towards all as if receiving a great guest.

True politeness consists in treating others just as you love to be treated yourself.

If you want to clear the stream, get the hog out of the spring.

Popular opinion is the greatest lie in the world.

The worse the passage the more welcome the port.