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Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth
the law, happy is he.
Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth
the law, happy is he.
Sweet discourse makes short daies and nights.
Sweet discourse makes short daies and nights.
You may safely leave that matter to take care of itself.
You may safely leave that matter to take care of itself.
Wo be to him that reads but one book.
Wo be to him that reads but one book.
And Modesty, who, when she goes,
Is gone for ever.
And Modesty, who, when she goes,
Is gone for ever.
Hee that lookes not before, finds himselfe behind.
Hee that lookes not before, finds himselfe behind.
Charity begins at home.
[Lat., Proximus sum egomet mihi.]
Charity begins at home.
[Lat., Proximus sum egomet mihi.]
Fancy the Gracchi complaining of treason!
Fancy the Gracchi complaining of treason!
What he has is of no more use to the miser than that which he has
not.
What he has is of no more use to the miser than that which he has
not.