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A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors.
A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors.
In going abroad we change the climate not our dispositions.
In going abroad we change the climate not our dispositions.
Be this our wall of brass, to be conscious of having done no
evil, and to grow pale at read more
Be this our wall of brass, to be conscious of having done no
evil, and to grow pale at no accusation.
He that is his owne Counsellor knowes nothing sure but what hee
hath laid out.
He that is his owne Counsellor knowes nothing sure but what hee
hath laid out.
A man should be religious, not superstitious.
A man should be religious, not superstitious.
Let him who has once perceived how much that, which has been
discarded, excels that which he has longed read more
Let him who has once perceived how much that, which has been
discarded, excels that which he has longed for, return at once,
and seek again that which he despised.
All wish for knowledge, but no one wishes to pay the price of it.
All wish for knowledge, but no one wishes to pay the price of it.
And whispering, "I will ne'er consent," consented.
And whispering, "I will ne'er consent," consented.
(They are unknown) because they had no bard to sing their praises.
(They are unknown) because they had no bard to sing their praises.