Angels walk on threads of gold from heaven to earth. These threads are only spun in the loom of the human heart. * * * * * Abject spirits creep--men walk. * * * * * A small hole is a cavern to a mole. * * * * * A kiss hangs not long on a pretty lip. * * * * * You cannot rear a new babe on old milk. * * * * * A man may woo a dove and marry a screech owl. * * * * * Satire is a javelin which pierces the thickest skin. * * * * * A mist may hide the sun but it does not blot it out. * * * * * Some women prefer a great infamy to a little honour. * * * * * Regard not the manner of your death but your daily life. * * * * * A churlish silence is harder to endure than a sharp tongue. * * * * * The man who gives away his freedom is everlastingly bankrupt. * * * * * The rubbish from men's tongues is hoarded while nature speaks unheard. * * * * * Human misery is not a volunteer. * * * * * Mirth's best nursery is contentment. * * * * * Men fly, women melt into a passion. * * * * * Prejudice is the marrow of superstition. * * * * * Better a crust of bread than a funeral elegy. * * * * * Woman's first fault is no excuse for man's last. * * * * * Kind words are honey drops to the tired soul. * * * * * A bad tongue is not the clapper of a good heart. * * * * * Crossed love is forgotten--crossed opinions, never. * * * * * Distrust but do not refuse an untried remedy. * * * * * Hope is the only flavour for a diet of adversity. * * * * * He is near to happiness who makes another smile. * * * * * Greed is swifter than a greyhound. * * * * * Results give the lie to many boasts. * * * * * Nothing beslimes like a fawning tongue. * * * * * The smallest pirates fly the blackest flags. * * * * * The coming tempest is no less a great wind. * * * * * Better a bleeding wound than pent up agony. * * * * * Gigantic robberies are nevertheless robberies. * * * * * Every furrow in the brow represents a drag-tooth of care.