Thought for the day...

Reputation is what you are in the light; character is what you are in the dark.


He is my friend who speaks well of me behind my back.


Asses have a remarkable resemblance to each other.


No padlocks, bolts or bars can secure a maiden as well as her own reserve.


Nothing dries sooner than a tear.

 

What cannot be cured must be endured.


A bad bush is better than the open field.


A man must plow with such oxen as he has.


Never grieve for what you cannot help.


Better bend the back than bruise the forehead.

 

Better bend than break.


A resolute man cares nothing about difficulties.


Respect a man, he will do the more.


In the hum of the market there is money, but under the cherry tree there is rest.


Men tire themselves in pursuit of rest.

 

Rest is the sweet sauce of labor.


The fertile field becomes sterile without rest.


No rest is worth anything except the rest that is earned.


Whatever you undertake, think of the end.


As you make your bed so you must lie in it.

 

He falls into the pit who leads another to it.


Those who sow injustice reap hate and vengeance.


Whatsoever a man sows, that shall he also reap.


Every sin carries its own punishment.


Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

 

He that scatters thorns must not go barefoot.


If you give a blow you must be able to take one.


Ill got, ill spent.


He that says what he likes shall hear what he does not like.


Ill-gotten goods seldom prosper.

 

It costs more to do ill than to do well.


He who seeks trouble, seldom misses it.


Do as you would be done by.


Neglect will kill an injury sooner than revenge.


We always return to our first loves.

 

That which is worth taking is worth returning.


Water spilled from a tray never returns to it.


Lost happiness never returns.


An injury forgiven is better than an injury revenged.


He that returns good for evil obtains the victory.

 

If you went to be revenged hold your tongue.


It costs more to revenge injuries than to bear them.


Living well is the best revenge we can take on our enemies.


The best means of destroying an enemy is to make him your friend.


To forget a wrong is the best revenge.

 

There is small revenge in words, but words may be greatly revenged.


Men don’t understand what a great revenue economy is.


Repression is the seed of revolution.


Philosophy, like virtue, is its own reward.


All seem to ask if a man is rich, few if he is good.