12 A rolling stone gathers no moss. 13 A small leak will sink a great ship. 14 A small spark makes a great fire. Annual Beard Grass. 15 A soft answer turneth away wrath. A hasty marriage seldom proveth well.-Shakespeare. Use every man after his desert, and who should escape whipping. Use time as tho' you knew its value. Smooth Alpine 17 A stitch in time saves nine. If thou art a master, be sometimes blind; if a servant, sometimes deaf.— Fuller. Usurp not the privileges of another. 18 A word in season how good it is. Marriage is the best estate for man in general, and every man is a worse man in proportion as he is unfit for the marriage state.-Fuller. Vanity renders beauty contemptible. 19 Bear and forbear. Joy, temperance, and repose Slam the door on the doctor's nose. Longfellow. Virtue, not lineage, is the mark of nobility. Smooth-stalked Poa Umbrosa. 20 Cast not pearls before swine. The leaves of memory seem to make Longfellow. Vows made in storms are forgotten in calms. |