The mastiff is quiet while curs are yelping. Pr.
The material wealth of a country is the portion of its possessions which feeds and educates good men and women in it. Ruskin.
The May of our life blooms once, and not again. Schiller.
The mean of true valour lies between the extremes of cowardice and rashness. Cervantes.
The means that Heaven yields must be embraced, 40 / And not neglected. Rich. II., iii. 2.
The measure of a master is his success in bringing all men round to his opinion twenty years later. Emerson.
The mechanical occupations of man, the watching any object, as it were, coming into existence by manual labour, is a very pleasant way of passing one's time, but our own activity is at the moment nil. It is almost the same as with smoking tobacco. Goethe.
The meditative heart / Attends the warning of each day and hour, / And practises in secret every virtue. Goethe.
The meek shall inherit the earth. Jesus.
The memory of absent friends becomes dimmed, although not effaced by time. The distractions of our life, acquaintance with fresh objects, in short, every change in our condition, works upon our hearts as dust and smoke upon a painting, making the finely drawn lines quite imperceptible, whilst one does not know how it happens. Goethe.