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He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
Not treasured wealth, nor the consul's lictor, can dispel the
mind's bitter conflicts and the cares that flit, like read more
Not treasured wealth, nor the consul's lictor, can dispel the
mind's bitter conflicts and the cares that flit, like bats, about
your fretted roofs.
No day so clear but hath dark clouds.
No day so clear but hath dark clouds.
The rills of pleasure never run sincere,
(Earth has no unpolluted spring)
From the cursed soil some read more
The rills of pleasure never run sincere,
(Earth has no unpolluted spring)
From the cursed soil some dang'rous taint they bear;
So roses grow on thorns, and honey wears a sting.
When in good health we easily give good advice to the sick.
When in good health we easily give good advice to the sick.
The sweat of industry would dry and die,
But for the end it works to.
The sweat of industry would dry and die,
But for the end it works to.
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he
will not depart read more
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he
will not depart from it.
One gets a cross for his crime, the other a crown.
One gets a cross for his crime, the other a crown.
He cannot be vertuous that is not rigorous.
He cannot be vertuous that is not rigorous.
