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We are deceived by the semblance of what is just.
We are deceived by the semblance of what is just.
Let us crown ourselves with rosebuds before they wither.
Let us crown ourselves with rosebuds before they wither.
We may escape misfortune for a while, but the evil day will come.
We may escape misfortune for a while, but the evil day will come.
The bit that one eates, no friend makes.
The bit that one eates, no friend makes.
What we can have as a matter of course, is not valued; what is
denied we eagerly covet.
What we can have as a matter of course, is not valued; what is
denied we eagerly covet.
A Horse made, and a man to make.
A Horse made, and a man to make.
He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.
[Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]
He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.
[Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]
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.
Take heed of mad folks in a narrow place.
Take heed of mad folks in a narrow place.
