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He that is angry at a feast is rude.
He that is angry at a feast is rude.
Though they don't want to kill anybody, they like to have the
power to do so.
Though they don't want to kill anybody, they like to have the
power to do so.
In my integrity I'll wrap me up.
In my integrity I'll wrap me up.
Wee know not who lives or dies.
Wee know not who lives or dies.
He that doth what he should not, shall feele what he would not.
He that doth what he should not, shall feele what he would not.
He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
Long is the road to learning by precepts, but short and
successful by examples.
Long is the road to learning by precepts, but short and
successful by examples.
The Law is not the same at morning and at night.
The Law is not the same at morning and at night.
Who gathers thistles, may expect pricks.
Who gathers thistles, may expect pricks.