 | Conduct of life - 1792 - 494 pages
...friend's frown is better than a fool'i fmilc. The cafieli work and way is, To beware. If the belt man'1; faults were written in his forehead, it would make him pull his hat over his eyes. A man may l>c prenr \>y chnnix ; but never wifo-, or good, without faking j>ains for it. tiucccf'i makes a fo,>l... | |
 | 1797 - 522 pages
...A friend's frown is better than a fool's fmile. The-cafieft work and way is, To licware. If the bed man's faults were written in his forehead, it would...without taking pains for it. Succefs makes a fool fcem wife. All worldly joys po lefi To that one joy of doing kindnefies. What fools fay doth not much... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English prose literature - 1797 - 516 pages
...fool's fraile. The eafieft work and way is, To beware. If the bell man's faults were written in bis forehead, it would make him pull his hat over his...never wife, or good, without taking pains for it. buccefs makes a fool feem wife. All worldly joys go lefs To that one joy of doing kindnefles. What... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1812 - 310 pages
...A friend's frown is better than a fool's smile. The easiest work and way is, to beware. If the best man's faults were written in his forehead, it would...his eyes. A man may be great by chance; but never wise, or good, without, taking pains for it. Success makes a fool seem wise. What fools say doth not... | |
 | Christian life - 1867 - 348 pages
...prayer into, and draws it out of our hearts. Humility. — If the best man's faults were written on his forehead, it would make him pull his hat over his eyes. The more we know God, the more humble we are before him. The better a man is, the more he is willing... | |
 | Children's literature - 1829 - 126 pages
...He who hath an ill name is half hanged. A friend's frown is better than a fool's smile. If the best man's faults were written in his forehead, it would make him pull his hat over his eyes. Industry is Fortune's right hand, and frugality is her left. He can want nothing who hath God for his... | |
 | James Everett - Clergy - 1842 - 592 pages
...of the Gaelic proverb, in his prostrations of spirit, that "If the best man's faults were written on his forehead, it would make him pull his hat over his eyes." But conscious integrity enabled him to bear up under all his discouragements. He was now in a state,... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - American periodicals - 1862 - 604 pages
...never make a shaft of a pig's tail." "An atheist has got one point beyond the devil." " If the best man's faults were written in his forehead, it would make him pull his hat over his eyes." There is a detective power in ridicule which in an astonishing manner reveals the weakest side. " It... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - Elocution - 1845 - 390 pages
...Jfonat men are toon bound ; but you can never bind a knave. 3. If the best man's faults were written on his forehead, it would make him pull his hat over his eyes. 4. Life is half spent, before we know wh u it u. 5. Of the two evils, choose the least. 6. One bad... | |
 | Protestantism - 1867 - 652 pages
...their chariot wheels throw up. There is a Gaelic proverb : ' If the best man's faults were written on his forehead, it would make him pull his hat over his eyes.' One is much less sensible of cold on a bright day than a cloudy one : thus the sunshine of cheerfulness... | |
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If the best man's faults were written in his forehead, it would make him pull his hat over his eyes. 
