Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 October 1907 — PROVERBS AND PHRASES. [ARTICLE]

PROVERBS AND PHRASES.

Pleasures are the baits of evils. — Latin. The first step is all the difficulty.— French. Speak little with others, much with thyself.—German. God has chosen a poet generally when he has a message to give.—French. A concealed spark Is more to be feared than an open fire.—German He that spares something to-day will have something to-morrow.—Dutch. He that throws away money with his hands will seek it with bis feet — Italian. He hath a tear for pity and a hand as open as the day for melting charity. —Sbakspeare. .