The maxims of men disclose their hearts. – French Proverb
People count up the faults of those who keep them waiting. – French Proverb
The maxims of men disclose their hearts. – French Proverb
People count up the faults of those who keep them waiting. – French Proverb
The dog may be wonderful prose, but only the cat is poetry. – French Proverb
What makes us discontented with our condition is the absurdly exaggerated idea we have of the happiness of others. – French Proverb
Nevertheless, a maxim does not necessarily become a proverb. Many grubs never grow to butterflies; and a maxim is only a proverb in its caterpillar stage—a candidate for a wider sphere and longer flight than most are destined to attain. – “Proverbs Secular and Sacred,” The North British Review, February 1858