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The brightest of all things, the sun, hath its spots.
The brightest of all things, the sun, hath its spots.
He that's long a giving, knowes not how to give.
He that's long a giving, knowes not how to give.
Caution comes too late when we are in the midst of evils.
Caution comes too late when we are in the midst of evils.
Your knowing a thing is nothing, unless another knows you know
it.
Your knowing a thing is nothing, unless another knows you know
it.
Long jesting was never good.
Long jesting was never good.
'Tis very certain the desire of life
Prolongs it.
'Tis very certain the desire of life
Prolongs it.
No man will revel long in the indulgence of crime.
No man will revel long in the indulgence of crime.
Everything in art is but a copy of nature.
Everything in art is but a copy of nature.
His anger is easily excited and appeased, and he changes from
hour to hour.
His anger is easily excited and appeased, and he changes from
hour to hour.