Big fires flare up in a wind, but little ones are blown out unless they are carried in under cover.

Big fires flare up in a wind, but little ones are blown out unless they are carried in under cover.

Have patience with all things, But, first of all with yourself.

It is the mark of a mean, vulgar and ignoble spirit to dwell on the thought of food before meal times or worse to dwell on it afterwards, to discuss it and wallow in the remembered pleasures of every mouthful. Those whose minds dwell before dinner on the spit, and after on the dishes, are fit only to be scullions.

A spoon full of honey gets more flies than a barrel full of vinegar.

You can attract more bees with a spoonful of sugar than a cupful of vinegar.

Every Christian needs a half-hour of prayer each day, except when he is busy, then he needs an hour.