1 Prettiness dies quickly. Like a morning dream, life becomes more and more bright the longer we live, and the reason of everything appears more clear.-Richter. Nothing is difficult to the brave and faithful. 2 Prevention is better than cure. Ambition breaks the ties of blood, and forgets the obligations of gratitude. -Sir Walter Scott. Now what a thing it is to be an ass. Holy Grass. 3 Pride and ignorance go together. The mind ought sometimes to be amused, that it may the better return to thought and to itself.-Phædrus. Of all flatterers self-love is the greatest. 1 Pride feels no pain. 2 Pride goes before a fall. 3 Pride will have a fall. Downy or Hairyeaved Oat Grass. 4 Promise little and do much. The origin of all mankind was the same; it is only a clear and a good conscience that makes a man noble, for that is derived from heaven itself. -Ibid. Of all poverty that of the mind is the most deplorable. 5 Proud men have no real friends. When a man is wrong, and won't admit it, he always gets angry.-Haliburton. Of all studies, study your present condition. Hard Sweet Grass. 6 Provide for a rainy day. It is not work that kills men; it is worry. Work is healthy; you can hardly put more upon a man than he can bear. Worry is rust on the blade. -Henry Ward Beecher. Of all the virtues, gratitude has the shortest memory. |