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The smell of money is good, come whence it may. [Alluding to
Vespasian's tax on ordure.]
The smell of money is good, come whence it may. [Alluding to
Vespasian's tax on ordure.]
By heaven you have destroyed me, my friends!
By heaven you have destroyed me, my friends!
Some mute, inglorious Milton here may rest.
Some mute, inglorious Milton here may rest.
The House shewes the owner.
The House shewes the owner.
The anger of those in authority is always weighty.
The anger of those in authority is always weighty.
The folly of one man is the fortune of another.
The folly of one man is the fortune of another.
Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind!
The thief doth fear each bush an officer.
Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind!
The thief doth fear each bush an officer.
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.
Weeds are shallow-rooted,
Suffer them now, and they'll o'ergrow the garden,
And choke the herbs for want read more
Weeds are shallow-rooted,
Suffer them now, and they'll o'ergrow the garden,
And choke the herbs for want of husbandry.
