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Fortune favours the bold.
Fortune favours the bold.
Pleasant is the recollection of dangers past.
Pleasant is the recollection of dangers past.
All is grist that comes to the mill.
All is grist that comes to the mill.
Marriages are made in Heaven.
Marriages are made in Heaven.
Quick beleevers neede broad shoulders.
Quick beleevers neede broad shoulders.
The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
To dismiss a guest is a more ungracious act than not to admit him
at all.
To dismiss a guest is a more ungracious act than not to admit him
at all.
I had rather aske of my sire browne bread, then borrow of my
neighbour white.
I had rather aske of my sire browne bread, then borrow of my
neighbour white.
What, lost a world, and bade a hero fly?
The timid tear in Cleopatra's eye.
What, lost a world, and bade a hero fly?
The timid tear in Cleopatra's eye.