On A Farm The Best

When A Building Is About To Fall Down, All The Mice Desert It.

It Is Generally Much More Shameful To Lose A Good Reputation Than Never To Have Acquired It.

We Neglect Those Things Which Are Under Our Very Eyes, And Heedless Of Things Within Our Grasp, Pursue Those Which Are Afar Off.

The Most Disgraceful Cause Of The Scarcity [of Remedies] Is That Even Those Who Know Them Do Not Want To Point Them Out, As If They Were Going To Lose What They Pass On To Others.

Cats Too, With What Silent Stealthiness, With What Light Steps Do They Creep Up To A Bird!