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Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
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Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
[Lat., Medio de fonte leporum
Surgit amari aliquid, quod in ipsis floribus angat.]
I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish.
[I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]
I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish.
[I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]
He that pitties another, remembers himselfe.
He that pitties another, remembers himselfe.
Bring a lawsuit against a man who can pay; the poor man's acts
are not worth the expence.
Bring a lawsuit against a man who can pay; the poor man's acts
are not worth the expence.
Apollo does not always bend his bow.
Apollo does not always bend his bow.
He will be beloved when he is no more.
He will be beloved when he is no more.
They succeed, because they think they can.
They succeed, because they think they can.
The more violent the storm the sooner it is over.
The more violent the storm the sooner it is over.
Men of different tastes have different pursuits.
Men of different tastes have different pursuits.
