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Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
Let him who has granted a favour speak not of it; let him who has
received one, proclaim it.
Let him who has granted a favour speak not of it; let him who has
received one, proclaim it.
The quarrels of lovers lead but to the renewal of love.
The quarrels of lovers lead but to the renewal of love.
A fickle and capricious woman.
A fickle and capricious woman.
Speake not of a dead man at the table.
Speake not of a dead man at the table.
Who friendship with a knave hath made,
Is judg'd a partner in the trade.
Who friendship with a knave hath made,
Is judg'd a partner in the trade.
Every man can master a grief but he that has it.
Every man can master a grief but he that has it.
A bad man becomes worse when he apes a saint.
A bad man becomes worse when he apes a saint.