...great profits. A little with the fear of God, is better than great treasure and trouble therewith : better is a dry morsel and quietness therewith, than a house full of sacrifices with strife. My children, love not dainty food, nor wine. He that desires costly meals will not become rich ; but...

...from all claims of his, throwing himself upon the mercy of God and of the king, well knowing that " Better is a dry morsel and quietness therewith, than a house full of sacrifices with strife."67 Hugh, however, who was formerly styled bishop of Saint Andrew's, on being degraded and excommunicated,...

...from all claims of his, throwing himself upon the mercy of God and of the king, well knowing that " Better is a dry morsel and quietness therewith, than a house full of sacrifices with strife."87 Hugh, however, who was formerly styled bishop of Saint Andrew's, on being degraded and excommunicated,...

...bygones be bygones " would avail, and often had George Robinson occasion to exclaim with Solomon — " Better is a dry morsel and quietness therewith, than a house full of sacrifices and strife." On learning the abridgment which their means had experienced, she had instantly launched...

...corner of the housetop than with a brawling woman in a wide house" (Prov. xxi. 9) ; and again, " Better a dry morsel and quietness therewith, than a house full of sacrifices with strife" (Prov. xvii. 1). "With these compare the two proverbs, a Latin and a Spanish, adduced below.* The psalmist...

...corner of the housetop than with a brawling woman in a wide house" (Pov. xxi. 9) ; and again : " Better a dry morsel and quietness therewith, than a house full of sacrifices with strife." (Prov. xvii. 1.) With these compare the two proverbs, Latin and Spanish, adduced below.* The Psalmist...

...to the LOBD, But a just weight is his delight" (xi. 1). Sometimes there is a double antithesis, as, "Better is a dry morsel and quietness therewith, Than a house full of good cheer with strife" (xvii. 1). In what is called the synthetic parallelism, the second versicle...

...fool. As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him. 3. Better is a dry morsel and quietness therewith, than...house full of sacrifices * with strife. Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues without right. Boast not thyself of to-morrow ; for...

...fool. As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him. 3. Better is a dry morsel and quietness therewith, than...house full of sacrifices * with strife. Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues without right. Boast not thyself of to-morrow ; for...

...to learn how independent happiness is of outward circumstances; and how truly the Bible declares, " Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than a house full of sacrifices with strife." Prov. xvii, 1. Their mothers knew better than Linda and Carrie how often misery and discontent are...