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What we can have as a matter of course, is not valued; what is
denied we eagerly covet.
What we can have as a matter of course, is not valued; what is
denied we eagerly covet.
Fair words butter no parsnips.
Fair words butter no parsnips.
Red-haired, black-lipped, club-footed, and blink-eyed; if you're
a good man, you're a wonder!
Red-haired, black-lipped, club-footed, and blink-eyed; if you're
a good man, you're a wonder!
He that is master of himself will soon be master of others.
He that is master of himself will soon be master of others.
The Germans wit is in his fingers.
The Germans wit is in his fingers.
He that hopes not for good, feares not evill.
He that hopes not for good, feares not evill.
Let that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.
Let that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.
Religion a stalking horse to shoot other foul.
Religion a stalking horse to shoot other foul.
Like St. George, always in his saddle, never on his way.
- Clement Walker,
Like St. George, always in his saddle, never on his way.
- Clement Walker,