“When you have decided to purchase a farm, be careful not to buy rashly; do not spare your visits and be not content with a single tour of inspection. The more you go, the more will the place please you, if it be worth your attention. Give heed to the appearance of the neighbourhood, - a flourishing country should show its prosperity. "When you go in, look about, so that, when needs be, you can find your way out.” IfsWayNeedsGivingShouldLooksCountryShowsAttentionPleaseDecidedProsperityCarefulAppearanceFarmsBe YouBe CarefulSparesHeedFlourishingInspectionNeighbourhoods Book:Delphi Complete Works of Cato the Elder (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Cato the Elder (Illustrated)
“Among other pleasing errors of young minds is the opinion of their own importance. He that has not yet remarked, how little attention his contemporaries can spare from themselves, conceives all eyes turned upon himself, and imagines everyone that approaches him to be an enemy or a follower, an admirer or a spy.” MindLittlesEyeYoungAttentionOpinionEnemyImagineApproachImportanceErrorsFollowersSparesSpyAdmirerYoung Minds Book:Essays from the Rambler, Adventurer, and Idler Source: Essays from the Rambler, Adventurer, and Idler