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He enters the port with a full sail.
He enters the port with a full sail.
Do not expect good from another's death.
Do not expect good from another's death.
Great talent has always a little madness mixed up with it.
Great talent has always a little madness mixed up with it.
His tact, too, temper'd him from grave to gay,
And taught him when to be reserved or free.
His tact, too, temper'd him from grave to gay,
And taught him when to be reserved or free.
A man well mounted is ever Cholerick.
A man well mounted is ever Cholerick.
Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot
That it doth singe yourself.
Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot
That it doth singe yourself.
Hee that doth what hee will, doth not what he ought.
Hee that doth what hee will, doth not what he ought.
A tongue prone to slander is the proof of a depraved mind.
A tongue prone to slander is the proof of a depraved mind.
No creature smarts so little as a fool.
No creature smarts so little as a fool.