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A Daniel still say I, a second Daniel!
I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word.
A Daniel still say I, a second Daniel!
I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word.
Better late than never.
[Lat., Potius sero quam nunquam.]
Better late than never.
[Lat., Potius sero quam nunquam.]
You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned. [You have laid up a
grief in store for yourself.]
You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned. [You have laid up a
grief in store for yourself.]
Great wit to madness sure is near allied,
And thin partitions do their bounds divide.
Great wit to madness sure is near allied,
And thin partitions do their bounds divide.
Those who say nothing about their poverty will obtain more than
those who turn beggars.
Those who say nothing about their poverty will obtain more than
those who turn beggars.
When you are at Rome, live as Romans live.
When you are at Rome, live as Romans live.
The good mother sayes not, Will you? but gives.
The good mother sayes not, Will you? but gives.
The slow, sweet hours that bring us all things good.
The slow, sweet hours that bring us all things good.
But with what incessant and grievous ills is old age surrounded!
But with what incessant and grievous ills is old age surrounded!