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A sly piece of good luck, which nobody knows of is delightful.
A sly piece of good luck, which nobody knows of is delightful.
The cause lies hidden; the effect is most notorious.
The cause lies hidden; the effect is most notorious.
A healer of others, himself diseased.
A healer of others, himself diseased.
Good hope is often beguiled by her own augury.
Good hope is often beguiled by her own augury.
This even-handed justice
Commends th' ingredience of our poisoned chalice
To our own lips.
This even-handed justice
Commends th' ingredience of our poisoned chalice
To our own lips.
To err is human, to forgive, divine.
To err is human, to forgive, divine.
One can ever assume to be what he is not, and to conceal what he
is.
One can ever assume to be what he is not, and to conceal what he
is.
To make a mountain of a mole-hill.
To make a mountain of a mole-hill.
Women laugh when they can, and weepe when they will.
Women laugh when they can, and weepe when they will.