Of big words and feathers many go to the 45 pound. Ger. Pr.
Of error we can talk for ever, but truth demands that we should lay it to heart and apply it. Goethe.
Of four things every man has more than he knows—of sins, and debts, and years, and foes. Persian Pr.
Of God's light I was not utterly bereft, if my as yet sealed eyes, with their unspeakable longing, could nowhere see Him; nevertheless in my heart He was present and His heaven-written law still stood legible and sacred there. Carlyle.
Of great men no one should speak but one who is as great as they, so as to be able to see all round them. Goethe.
Of great riches there is no real use, except it be in the distribution; the rest is but conceit. Bacon.
Of hasty counsel take good heed, for very rarely haste is speed. Dut. Pr.
Of how few lives does not stated duty claim the greater part? Johnson.
Of illustrious men all the earth is the sepulchre, 5 and it is not the inscribed column in their own land which is the record of their virtues, but the unwritten memory of them in the hearts and minds of all mankind. Thucydides.
Of its own unity, the soul gives unity to whatso it looks on with love. Carlyle.