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A laugh, if purchased at the expense of propriety, costs too
much.
A laugh, if purchased at the expense of propriety, costs too
much.
That folly of old age which is called dotage is peculiar to silly
old men, not to age itself.
That folly of old age which is called dotage is peculiar to silly
old men, not to age itself.
The Citizen is at his businesse before he rise.
The Citizen is at his businesse before he rise.
To place yourself under an obligation is to sell your liberty.
To place yourself under an obligation is to sell your liberty.
A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in
his own house.
A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in
his own house.
Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.
Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.
Old soldiers never die;
They fade away!
Old soldiers never die;
They fade away!
There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
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There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
The act is judged of by the event.
The act is judged of by the event.
