Thought for the day...

He who would catch fish must not mind getting wet.

One wise man’s verdict outweighs all the fools.

A cracked vessel is known by its sound; a cracked mind by the tongue’s speech.

Don’t look upon the vessel, but upon that which it contains.

Vice makes virtue shine.

 

What maintains one vice would bring up two children.

Happy the man who can endure with calm the highest and the lowest fortune.

When we have we desire something else, and begin a new pursuit.

Victory belongs to the most persevering.

Right on our side, doubt not of victory.

 

In victory, the hero seeks the glory, not the prey.

It is more difficult to look upon victory than upon battle.

Pursue not a victory too far: you may provoke the foe to desperate resistance.

He who has conquered his own coward spirit has conquered the world.

Love victory, but despise the pride of triumph.

 

He who returns good for evil obtains the victory.

One trouble with the world is that there are always more victors than spoils.

Be ever vigilant, but never suspicious.

The master’s eye makes the horse fat.

It is the enemy who keeps the sentinel watchful.

 

He is most free from danger, who, even when safe, is on guard.

The prudest person will distrust most when appearances are fairest.

The sleeping saint is no match for the vigilant villain.

Don’t live in a village whose mayor is a doctor.

There is more harm in the village than is dreamt of.

 

Beware of vinegar made of sweet wine.

Violence does even justice unjustly.

Nothing good comes of violence.

He that keeps malice harbors a viper in his heart.

A simple maiden in her flower is worth a hundred coats-of-arms.

 

Youth, like virgin parchment, is capable of any inscription.

A red-headed man will make a good stallion.

Virtue is its own reward.

Virtue never grows old.

Blood is inherited but virtue is achieved.

 

Virtue is the only true nobility.

Virtues all agree, but vices fight one another.

A virtuous woman commands her husband by obeying him.

Fair women without virtue is like stale wine.

Virtue will triumph.

 

Visits should be short, like a winter’s day.

Visitors, if they did not visit, would do nothing.

We can bear evil deeds better than evil tongues.

Vivacity is the health of the spirit.

Vivacity is the gift of woman.