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Wisdom often exists under a shabby coat.
Wisdom often exists under a shabby coat.
Love makes one fitt for any work.
Love makes one fitt for any work.
'Tis not the fight that crowns us, but the end.
'Tis not the fight that crowns us, but the end.
It is engendered in the eyes;
By gazing fed; and fancy dies
In the cradle where it read more
It is engendered in the eyes;
By gazing fed; and fancy dies
In the cradle where it lies.
He that doth what he should not, shall feele what he would not.
He that doth what he should not, shall feele what he would not.
Fidelity, purchased with money, money can destroy.
Fidelity, purchased with money, money can destroy.
A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom.
A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom.
Hee that keepes his owne makes warre.
Hee that keepes his owne makes warre.
Let not a god interfere unless where a god's assistance is
necessary. [Adopt extreme measures only in extreme cases.]
Let not a god interfere unless where a god's assistance is
necessary. [Adopt extreme measures only in extreme cases.]