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For night owls shriek where mounting larks should sing.
For night owls shriek where mounting larks should sing.
He is a foolish swimmer who swims against the stream, when he
might take the current sideways.
He is a foolish swimmer who swims against the stream, when he
might take the current sideways.
This is the reward of my folly.
This is the reward of my folly.
Hee that hath a Fox for his mate, hath neede of a net at his
girdle.
Hee that hath a Fox for his mate, hath neede of a net at his
girdle.
He that preacheth giveth almes.
He that preacheth giveth almes.
Tears ready to do duty at a minute's notice.
Tears ready to do duty at a minute's notice.
Not only ought fortune to be pictured on a wheel, but every thing
else in this world.
Not only ought fortune to be pictured on a wheel, but every thing
else in this world.
A mind conscious of its own rectitude.
[Lat., Mens sibi conscia recti.]
A mind conscious of its own rectitude.
[Lat., Mens sibi conscia recti.]