 | John Todd - Conduct of life - 1799 - 200 pages
...following remarks :— " Sweet language will multiply friends, and a kindly-speaking tongue will multiply kind greetings. Be in peace with many: nevertheless, have but one counsellor in a thousand. If thou wouldst get a friend, prove him first, and be not hasty to credit him; for some... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1802 - 366 pages
...have many well-wishers, but faw friends. ' Sweet language will multiply friends; and a fair speaking tongue will increase kind greetings. Be in peace with many, nevertheless have but one counsellor of » thousand*.' With what prudence does he caution UK in the choice of our friends ! And with what strokes... | |
 | English literature - 1803 - 420 pages
...Sweet language will multiply friends; ' and a fair speaking tongue will increase kind greet. ' ings. Be in peace with many, nevertheless have but ' one counsellor of a thousand.' With what prudence docs he caution us in the choice of our friends; and with what strokes of nature, I could almost say... | |
 | John Robinson (Schoolmaster) - Names in the Bible - 1804 - 190 pages
...wicked soul shall destroy him that ^a/A it ; and shall make him to be laughed to scorn of his enemies. Sweet language will multiply friends : and a fair-speaking...greetings. Be in peace with many : nevertheless, have but o«(r counsellor of a thousand. If thou wouldest get a friend, prove him first ; and be not hasty to... | |
 | Noah Webster - Elocution - 1804 - 254 pages
...labor, and to be contented with what a man hath, is a sweet life. Be not confident, even in a plain way. Be in peace with many ; nevertheless, have but one counsellor of a thousand. . Let reason go before every enterprise, and counsel before eve 17 action. CHAP. VI. T^HE latter part... | |
 | Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pages
...and know before what need he hath ; for he will counsel for himself; lest he cast the lot upon thee. Be in peace with many : nevertheless have but one counsellor of a thousand. If thou wouldest get a friend, prove him first, and be not hasty to credit him. For some man is a friend... | |
 | William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...of the wise is in their heart. To labour , and to be content with that a man hath , is a sweet life. Be in peace with many ; nevertheless have but one counsellor of a thousand. -Be not confident in a plain way. Let reason go before every euterprize, and counsel before every action.... | |
 | Mrs. Chapone (Hester) - Conduct of life - 1807 - 252 pages
...meet with the best advice imaginable. Caution in making friendships is particularly recommended, f" Be in peace with " many, nevertheless have but one counsellor " of a thousand. — Ifthou wouldst geta friend, " prove him first, and be not hasty to credit " him ; for some man... | |
 | Maxims - 1807 - 152 pages
...will in no wise let thee go. 45. Be stedfast in thy understanding, and let thy word be the same. 46. Sweet language will multiply friends; and a fair-speaking tongue will increase kind greetings. 47. Be in peace with many; nevertheless have but one counseller of a thousand. 48. A faithful friend... | |
 | 1808 - 306 pages
...author has delivered as his own, -• That we should have many well wishers, hut few friends." — " Sweet language will multiply friends; and a fair-speaking tongue will increase kind greetings, lie in peace with many, nevertheless have hut one counsellor of a thousand*." With what prndence does... | |
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Sweet language will multiply friends: and a fairspeaking tongue will increase kind greetings. Be in peace with many: nevertheless have but one counsellor of a thousand. If thou wouldest get a friend, prove him first, and be not hasty to credit him. For... 
