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Life ain't all beer and skittles.
Life ain't all beer and skittles.
He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
Hastiness is the beginning of wrath, and its end repentance.
Hastiness is the beginning of wrath, and its end repentance.
None is so wise, but the foole overtakes him.
None is so wise, but the foole overtakes him.
An injury may prove a blessing.
An injury may prove a blessing.
Light may come where all looks darkest,
Hope hath life, when life seems o'er.
Light may come where all looks darkest,
Hope hath life, when life seems o'er.
He that steals an egge, will steal an oxe.
He that steals an egge, will steal an oxe.