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Hit the nail on the head.
Hit the nail on the head.
Omittance is no quittance.
Omittance is no quittance.
Bashfulness is an enemy to poverty.
Bashfulness is an enemy to poverty.
A man well mounted is ever Cholerick.
A man well mounted is ever Cholerick.
Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity.
Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity.
Who aspires must down as low
As high he soar'd.
Who aspires must down as low
As high he soar'd.
Though the power be wanting, the will deserves praise.
Though the power be wanting, the will deserves praise.
Fortune favours the bold.
Fortune favours the bold.
Just then, as by the tumult riven,
Poured down at once the lowering heaven.
Just then, as by the tumult riven,
Poured down at once the lowering heaven.
