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Frugality is the mother of all virtues.
Frugality is the mother of all virtues.
Forgiveness to the injured does belong,
But they ne'er pardon who have done the wrong.
Forgiveness to the injured does belong,
But they ne'er pardon who have done the wrong.
I am not now in fortune's power,
He that is down can fall no lower.
I am not now in fortune's power,
He that is down can fall no lower.
Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.
[Lat., Nihil aliud est ebrietas quam voluntaria insania.]
Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.
[Lat., Nihil aliud est ebrietas quam voluntaria insania.]
Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
Mercy to him that shows it, is the rule.
Mercy to him that shows it, is the rule.
Hee that hath one hogge makes him fat, and hee that hath one son
makes him a foole.
Hee that hath one hogge makes him fat, and hee that hath one son
makes him a foole.
Stained
With grief, that's beauty's canter.
Stained
With grief, that's beauty's canter.
Felds hath eyen, and wode have eres.
Felds hath eyen, and wode have eres.