Beautiful peaches are not always the best flavored ; neither are handsome women the most amiable. Proverbs - Page 35by William Scott Downey - 1853 - 104 pagesFull view - About this book
| Abram N. Coleman - Maxims - 1903 - 310 pages
...faults women owe to us, while we are indebted to them for most of our better qualities. C. Lemesle. 35. Beautiful peaches are not always the best flavored ; neither are handsome women the most amiable. WS Downey. 36. The woman who is resolved to be respected, can make herself to be so, even amidst an... | |
| William Scott Downey - Proverbs - 1855 - 122 pages
...the same time be otherwise than charitable towards his fellow-man, is much like one who would have us believe him a true son of the Church of Rome, while...who cannot keep their own secrets ought not to be intrusted with the secrets of others. How can we expect the plant of a tropical climate, which drooped... | |
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