Thought for the day...

And old duck is hard to pluck.


Towers are measured by their shadows and great men by their slanderers.


The highest towers begin from the ground.


In trade, competition prevents imposition.

 

He that has a trade hath an estate, and he that hath a calling hath an office of profit and honor.


On a great bargain, think twice.


Everything has its price.


He that blames would buy.


If you want to go fast, go the old road.

 

Cutting off a mule’s ear won’t make him a horse.


Trappings do not make a horse; clothes do not make the man.


Travel broadens the mind.


An American traveler abroad always comes home an ardent patriot.

 

It is time to fear when tyrants seem to kiss.


There is no knife that cuts so sharply and with such poisoned blade as treachery.


Treachery, cautious at the start, betrays itself in the end.


Men are oftener treacherous through weakness than design.

 

A friend in court makes the trial short.


Every monkey has his tricks.


Great businesses turn on a little pin.


Many little leaks sink a ship.


Loose lips sink ships too.

 

From a little spark may burst a mighty flame.


The elephant does not feel a flea bite.


Trifles make perfection and perfection is no trifle.


Shoes too large trip one up.

 

Books are a triviality. Life alone is great.


No house without a mouse; no throne without thorn.


No land without stones and no meat without bones.


Never trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.

 

The ability to speak several languages is an asset, but the ability to keep your mouth shut in any language is priceless.

Be decisive. Right or wrong, make a decision.


A child’s hand and a pig’s trough must always be full.


Horses kick each other only at an empty trough.


You must look at the pig, not at the trough.


Don’t trust a horse’s heel or a dog’s tooth.


Don’t trust a new friend or an old enemy.

 

Truth and roses have thorns about them.

Truth will prevail.

Flattery brings friends, truth enemies.

The ability to speak several languages is an asset, but the ability to keep your mouth shut in any language is priceless.

Be decisive. Right or wrong, make a decision.

 

Truth is stranger than fiction.


Truth may be blamed but cannot be shamed.


Truth never grows old.


There is no standard for truth; we cannot even agree on the meaning of words.