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So much greater is our thirst for glory than for virtue.
So much greater is our thirst for glory than for virtue.
He rejoices to have made his way by ruin of others.
[Lat., Gaudensque viam fecisse ruina.]
He rejoices to have made his way by ruin of others.
[Lat., Gaudensque viam fecisse ruina.]
One swallow does not make spring.
One swallow does not make spring.
Trust not him that hath once broken faith.
Trust not him that hath once broken faith.
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
The higher the Ape goes, the more he shewes his taile.
The higher the Ape goes, the more he shewes his taile.
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
No man will revel long in the indulgence of crime.
No man will revel long in the indulgence of crime.