A man in a passion, rides a mad horse.
Ill customs and bad advice are seldom forgotten.
The world is run by the people who show up.
Here comes the orator with his flood of words and his drop of reason.
It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it.
'Tis true there is much to be done, . . . but stick to it steadily, and you will see great effects, for constant dropping wears away stones . . . and little strokes fell great oaks, as Poor Richard says. . . .