Timber Trade

Famous quotes containing the words timber and/or trade:

“Green springs the tree, hemp grows, the wag is wild,
But when they meet, it makes the timber rot;
It frets the halter, and it chokes the child.”
—Sir Walter Raleigh (1552?–1618)

“Teaching your child a trade is better than giving him a thousand ounces of gold.”
—Chinese proverb.