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A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad,
will work out his ruin.
A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad,
will work out his ruin.
No Church-yard is so handsom, that a man would desire straight to
bee buried there.
No Church-yard is so handsom, that a man would desire straight to
bee buried there.
Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand
judgment.
Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand
judgment.
To make a mountain of a mole-hill.
To make a mountain of a mole-hill.
The present century was growing blind
To the great Marlborough's skill in giving knocks,
Until his late read more
The present century was growing blind
To the great Marlborough's skill in giving knocks,
Until his late life by Archdeacon Coxe.
Unsound minds like unsound Bodies, if you feed, you poyson.
Unsound minds like unsound Bodies, if you feed, you poyson.
That delay is our surest protection which enables us to
deliberate on the merits of our intentions.
That delay is our surest protection which enables us to
deliberate on the merits of our intentions.
The body is sooner drest then the soule.
The body is sooner drest then the soule.
