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He who speaks ill of an absent friend, or fails to take his part
if attacked by another, that read more
He who speaks ill of an absent friend, or fails to take his part
if attacked by another, that man is a scoundrel.
Who will think that the gods can be insulted with impunity?
Who will think that the gods can be insulted with impunity?
Extreme remedies are never the first to be resorted to.
Extreme remedies are never the first to be resorted to.
He touches nothing but he adds a charm.
He touches nothing but he adds a charm.
How the devil is it that fresh features
Have such a charm for us poor human creatures?
How the devil is it that fresh features
Have such a charm for us poor human creatures?
Hee that bewailes himselfe hath the cure in his hands.
Hee that bewailes himselfe hath the cure in his hands.
The Lame goes as farre as your staggerer.
The Lame goes as farre as your staggerer.
The child saies nothing, but what it heard by the fire.
The child saies nothing, but what it heard by the fire.
I tell the tale as it was told to me.
I tell the tale as it was told to me.