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Certain signs are the forerunners of certain events.
Certain signs are the forerunners of certain events.
When the night's darkest the dawn is nearest.
When the night's darkest the dawn is nearest.
For without transformation
Men become wolves on every slight occasion.
For without transformation
Men become wolves on every slight occasion.
We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
[Fr., On devient innocent quand on est malheureux.]
We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
[Fr., On devient innocent quand on est malheureux.]
Strength without judgment falls by its own weight.
Strength without judgment falls by its own weight.
Jest not with the eye or with Religion.
Jest not with the eye or with Religion.
As fierce as hell, or fiercer still,
A woman piqued who has her will.
As fierce as hell, or fiercer still,
A woman piqued who has her will.
Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot
That it doth singe yourself.
Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot
That it doth singe yourself.