Nature abhors a vacuum.
[Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]

Nature abhors a vacuum.
[Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]

A man of three letters, " F U R."

A man of three letters, " F U R."

A tigress, robb'd of young, a lioness,
Or other interesting beast of prey,
Are similes at hand read more

A tigress, robb'd of young, a lioness,
Or other interesting beast of prey,
Are similes at hand for the distress
Of ladies who cannot have their own way.

He may as well not thank at all, who thanks when none are by.

He may as well not thank at all, who thanks when none are by.

Frugality is the mother of all virtues.

Frugality is the mother of all virtues.

Hee that demands misseth not, unlesse his demands be foolish.

Hee that demands misseth not, unlesse his demands be foolish.

He that takes not up a pin, slights his wife.

He that takes not up a pin, slights his wife.

You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned. [You have laid up a
grief in store for yourself.]

You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned. [You have laid up a
grief in store for yourself.]

An intemperate patient makes a harsh doctor.

An intemperate patient makes a harsh doctor.