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So obliging that he ne'er obliged.
So obliging that he ne'er obliged.
In a retreat the lame are formost.
In a retreat the lame are formost.
Mend your cloathes, and you may hold out this yeare.
Mend your cloathes, and you may hold out this yeare.
A flatterers throat is an open Sepulcher.
A flatterers throat is an open Sepulcher.
So use your own property as not to injure that of another.
So use your own property as not to injure that of another.
Facts are stubborn things.
Facts are stubborn things.
The judge is condemned when the guilty is acquitted.
[Lat., Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur.]
The judge is condemned when the guilty is acquitted.
[Lat., Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur.]
A fool's bolt is soon shot.
A fool's bolt is soon shot.
An inch in a miss is as good as an ell.
An inch in a miss is as good as an ell.