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The mob may hiss me, but I congratulate myself while I
contemplate my treasures in their hoard.
The mob may hiss me, but I congratulate myself while I
contemplate my treasures in their hoard.
Dry bread at home is better then rost meate abroad.
Dry bread at home is better then rost meate abroad.
There are games in which it is better to lose than win.
There are games in which it is better to lose than win.
He that feares leaves, let him not goe into the wood.
He that feares leaves, let him not goe into the wood.
She only is chaste, who is chaste where there is no danger of
detection: she who does not, because read more
She only is chaste, who is chaste where there is no danger of
detection: she who does not, because she may not, does.
The buyer needes a hundred eyes, the seller not one.
The buyer needes a hundred eyes, the seller not one.
Marriages are made in Heaven.
Marriages are made in Heaven.
What, lost a world, and bade a hero fly?
The timid tear in Cleopatra's eye.
What, lost a world, and bade a hero fly?
The timid tear in Cleopatra's eye.
We notice that the mind grows with the body, and with it decays.
We notice that the mind grows with the body, and with it decays.