Smooth-stalked (No. 3.) 3 Great haste, no speed. True friends visit us in prosperity only when invited, but in adversity they come without invitation. Theo phrastus. - Give your heart to your Creator, and your alms to the poor. 4 Great men's favours are uncertain. Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company, and reflection must finish him.-Locke. Give your tongue more holidays than your hands and eyes. 5 Great marks are soonest hit. True wit, or sense, never yet made anybody laugh; they are above it; they please the mind, and give a cheerfulness to the countenance.-Lord Chesterfield. God helps them that help themselves. 3 Great minds think alike. 4 Great spenders are bad lenders. 5 Green Christmas, white Easter. Sheep Fescue Grass. (No. 4.) 6 Green wood makes hot fire. To an honest mind the best perquisites of place are the advantages it gives a man of doing good.-Addison. Good counsel is needful in evil times. Narrow-leaved Oat Grass. (No. 2.) 7 Half a loaf is better than no bread. Neglect no opportunity of doing good, nor check thy desire of doing it by a vain fear of what may happen.Atterbury. Good things are packed in little compass. 8 Handsome is that handsome does. Tears hinder sorrow from becoming despair and madness; and laughter is one of the very privileges of reason, being confined to the human species. -Leigh Hunt. Good words cost nothing, but are worth much. 6 Happy is he that has a hobby. 7 "Hardly ever" saves many a lie. 8 Haste makes waste. Creeping Wheat Bearded Rye Grass, 9 Hasty climbers have sudden falls. He who receives a good turn should never forget it; he who does one should never remember it.—Charron. Greatness of mind is always compassionate. 10 Health is better than wealth. Every man's life lies within the present; for the past is spent and done with, and the future is uncertain.Antonius. Grudge not another that which you cannot attain yourself. 11 - Hearts may agree though heads differ. Though the presence of imaginary good cannot make us happy, the absence of it may make us miserable. -Addison. Happy is he who suits his wants to his necessities. |