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Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune.
Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune.
Add a sprinkling of folly to your long deliberations.
Add a sprinkling of folly to your long deliberations.
A sword laid by,
Which eats into itself, and rusts ingloriously.
A sword laid by,
Which eats into itself, and rusts ingloriously.
Politeness and an affable address are our best introduction.
Politeness and an affable address are our best introduction.
An angry man, when he returns to reason, will be again angry with
himself.
An angry man, when he returns to reason, will be again angry with
himself.
Give a clowne your finger, and he will take your hand.
Give a clowne your finger, and he will take your hand.
By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
In the husband wisedome, in the wife gentlenesse.
In the husband wisedome, in the wife gentlenesse.