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Willowes are weak, yet they bind other wood.
Willowes are weak, yet they bind other wood.
There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
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There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
It is not permitted that we should know everything.
It is not permitted that we should know everything.
Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.
Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.
As the honey of Hybla, my old lad of the castle--and is not a
buff jerkin in a most read more
As the honey of Hybla, my old lad of the castle--and is not a
buff jerkin in a most sweet robe of durance?
Conceit in weakest bodies strongest works.
Conceit in weakest bodies strongest works.
The more a man denies himself, the more he shall receive from
heaven. Naked, I seek the camp of read more
The more a man denies himself, the more he shall receive from
heaven. Naked, I seek the camp of those who covet nothing.
[Lat., Quanto quisque sibi plura negaverit,
A dis plura feret. Nil cupientium
Nudus castra peto.]
A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in
his own house.
A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in
his own house.
