An inch in a miss is as good as an ell.

An inch in a miss is as good as an ell.

New customs,
Though they be never so ridiculous,
(Nay, let 'em be unmanly), yet are followed.

New customs,
Though they be never so ridiculous,
(Nay, let 'em be unmanly), yet are followed.

The house should derive dignity from the master, not the master
from the house.

The house should derive dignity from the master, not the master
from the house.

Turning these jests out of service, let us talk in good earnest.

Turning these jests out of service, let us talk in good earnest.

When a man is pleased with the lot of others, he is dissatisfied
with his own, as a matter read more

When a man is pleased with the lot of others, he is dissatisfied
with his own, as a matter of course.

He that's long a giving, knowes not how to give.

He that's long a giving, knowes not how to give.

I abhor the profane rabble and keep them at a distance.

I abhor the profane rabble and keep them at a distance.

It is not every man that can afford to go to Corinth.

It is not every man that can afford to go to Corinth.

A hand may first, and then a lip be kiss'd.

A hand may first, and then a lip be kiss'd.