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He that feares death lives not.
He that feares death lives not.
The first blow is as much as two.
The first blow is as much as two.
Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
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Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
[Lat., Medio de fonte leporum
Surgit amari aliquid, quod in ipsis floribus angat.]
Idleness ruins the constitution.
Idleness ruins the constitution.
Every thing is of use to a houskeeper.
Every thing is of use to a houskeeper.
The shrill trump,
The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife.
The shrill trump,
The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife.
That wife is an enemy to her husband who is given in marriage
against her will.
That wife is an enemy to her husband who is given in marriage
against her will.
Anger manages everything badly.
Anger manages everything badly.