Be brief, that the mind may catch thy precepts, and the more easily retain them.
The wolf dreads the pitfall, the hawk suspects the snare, and the kite the covered hook.
That corner of the world smiles for me more than anywhere else.
For example, the tiny ant, a creature of great industry, drags with its mouth whatever it can, and adds it to the heap which she is piling up, not unaware nor careless of the future.
A word, once sent abroad, flies irrevocably.
What may not be altered is made lighter by patience.