Great talent has always a little madness mixed up with it.

Great talent has always a little madness mixed up with it.

Hee stands not surely, that never slips.

Hee stands not surely, that never slips.

Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sundial
in the shade?

Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sundial
in the shade?

He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it.

He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it.

Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather:
injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.

Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather:
injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.

You shall never want rope enough.

You shall never want rope enough.

A little given seasonably excuses a great gift.

A little given seasonably excuses a great gift.

It is said that the propriety even of old Cato often yielded to
the exciting influence of the grape.

It is said that the propriety even of old Cato often yielded to
the exciting influence of the grape.

In the same [hospitable] manner that a Calabrian would press you
to eat his pears.

In the same [hospitable] manner that a Calabrian would press you
to eat his pears.