OLD DUTCH PROVERBS.
We must row with the oars he have ; and as we cannot order the wind we are obliged to sail with the wind that God gives. *
Patience and attention will bring us far. If a cat watches long enough at the mouse nest, the .mouse shall not escape.
Perseverance will obtain good cabbage and lettuce where otherwise nothing but thistles will rtow.
The ploughman; must go up and down, and whatever else may be done, there is no other but this long way to do the work well.
Learn to sleep with one eye open. As soon as the-chicken goes to roost, it is a good time for the fox.
If weary with waking, your portion soon will be meagre. Fools always ask what time it is, but the wise know 'their, time.
Grind whildfthe; wind is:fair, and if y.)u neglect, ao not- complain of God's providence. God give food to every bird, but he does not bringit to the nest ; in like manner he gives; us our daily bread, but by .means :of our daily, worky -.
Rise early ; then the; fisherman finds his worms.
The dawn' of day has gold in its mouth.
He that lags .behind in a road where manyare driving, always will be: in a cloud of dust.
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Clutha Leader, Volume I, Issue 37, 25 March 1875, Page 7
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