When you hear that your neighbour has 15 picked up a purse of gold in the street, never run out into the same street, looking about you, in order to pick up such another. Goldsmith.
When you introduce a moral lesson, let it be brief. Hor.
When you know a thing, to hold that you know it; and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it: this is knowledge. Confucius.
When you leave the unimpaired hereditary freehold to your children, you do but half your duty. Both liberty and property are precarious, unless the possessors have sense and spirit enough to defend them. Junius.
When you lie down with a short prayer, commit yourself into the hands of your faithful Creator; and when you have done, trust Him with yourself as you must do when you are dying. Jeremy Taylor.
When you organise a strike, it is war you 20 organise; / But to organise our labour were the labour of the wise. Dr. Walter Smith.
When you see a man with a great deal of religion displayed in his shop-window, you may depend upon it he keeps a very small stock of it within. Spurgeon.
When you see a snake, never mind where he came from. Pr.
When you see a woman paint, your heart needna faint. Sc. Pr.
When your broth's ready-made for you, you mun swallow the thickenin', or else let the broth alone. George Eliot.