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Ourselves are to ourselves the cause of ill.
Ourselves are to ourselves the cause of ill.
He that takes not up a pin, slights his wife.
He that takes not up a pin, slights his wife.
For want of a naile the shoe is lost, for want of a shoe the
horse is lost, for read more
For want of a naile the shoe is lost, for want of a shoe the
horse is lost, for want of a horse the rider is lost.
It will please though ten times repeated.
It will please though ten times repeated.
While tears that from repentance flow,
In bright exhalement reach the skies.
While tears that from repentance flow,
In bright exhalement reach the skies.
To place yourself under an obligation is to sell your liberty.
To place yourself under an obligation is to sell your liberty.
Either wealth is much increased, or moderation is much decayed.
Either wealth is much increased, or moderation is much decayed.
Musick helps not the tooth-ach.
Musick helps not the tooth-ach.
I have cut my leg with my own adze.
I have cut my leg with my own adze.