Proverbs have, not a few of them, come down to us from remotest antiquity, borne safely upon the waters of that great stream of time which has swallowed so much beneath its waves. Trench.
Proverbs have pleased not one nation only, but many, so that they have made themselves a home in the most different lands. Trench.
Proverbs, like the sacred books of each nation, are the sanctuary of the intuitions. Emerson.
Proverbs please the people, and have pleased 45 them for ages. Trench.
Proverbs possess so vigorous a principle of life, as to have maintained their ground, ever new and ever young, through all the centuries of a nation's existence. Trench.
Proverbs were anterior to books, and formed the wisdom of the vulgar, and in the earliest ages were the unwritten laws of morality. I. Disraeli.
Provide things honest in the sight of all men. St. Paul.
Providence certainly does not favour individuals, but the deep wisdom of its counsels extends to the instruction and ennoblement of all. W. v. Humboldt.
Providence conceals itself in the details of human affairs, but becomes unveiled in the generalities of history. Lamartine.
Providence gives the power, of which reason teaches the use. Johnson.