Proverbs From The Danish

1901

A bad horse eats as much as a good one.
God help the sheep when the wolf is judge.
If God gives not bushelfuls, He gives spoonfuls.
Abstinence and fasting cure many a complaint.
He who despises small things seldom grows rich.
The poor man wants much, the miser everything.
Every man carries an enemy in his own bosom.
He has command of the sack who is seated on it.
A willing helper does not wait until he is asked.
He is not a bad driver who knows how to turn.
He that holds is no better than he that scourges.
There is no use in blowing a fire that burns well.
That which is stamped a penny will never be a pound.
Damage suffered makes you knowing, but seldom rich.
A wound never heals so well that the scar cannot be seen.
Another man's horse and your own whip can do a great deal.
What is sweet in the mouth is not always good in the stomach.
It is good to lend to God and to the soil — they pay good interest.


An Open Book

A little New Zealand girl recently wrote to ask Mark Twain if his real name was Clemens. She knew better, she said, because Clemens was the man who sold patent medicine. She hoped not, for she liked the name of Mark. Why, Mark Antony was in the Bible! Her letter delighted its recipient. "As Mark Antony has got into the Bible," Mr. Clemens characteristically remarked in telling about it, "I am not without hopes myself."