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Marriage is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the
dinner.
Marriage is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the
dinner.
Don't long for the unripe grape.
Don't long for the unripe grape.
You betray your own failing if you cannot bear with the fault of
a friend.
You betray your own failing if you cannot bear with the fault of
a friend.
Those griefs burn most which gall in secret.
Those griefs burn most which gall in secret.
Death falls heavily on that man who, known too well to others,
dies in ignorance of himself.
Death falls heavily on that man who, known too well to others,
dies in ignorance of himself.
A novice always behaves with propriety.
A novice always behaves with propriety.
One man thinks one thing best, another another.
One man thinks one thing best, another another.
So obliging that he ne'er obliged.
So obliging that he ne'er obliged.
I kissed thee, ere I killed thee.
I kissed thee, ere I killed thee.