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Valour that parlies is neare yeelding.
Valour that parlies is neare yeelding.
Better a snotty child, then his nose wip'd off.
Better a snotty child, then his nose wip'd off.
It takes much from the account, to which his sin doth amount.
It takes much from the account, to which his sin doth amount.
Neither bribe nor loose thy right.
Neither bribe nor loose thy right.
Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason?
Why if it prosper, none dare call it treason.
Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason?
Why if it prosper, none dare call it treason.
Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
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Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
[Lat., Medio de fonte leporum
Surgit amari aliquid, quod in ipsis floribus angat.]
Love's mind of judgment rarely hath a taste:
Wings and no eyes figure unheedy haste.
Love's mind of judgment rarely hath a taste:
Wings and no eyes figure unheedy haste.
No mortal man is wise at all times.
No mortal man is wise at all times.
Hee that strikes with his tongue, must ward with his head.
Hee that strikes with his tongue, must ward with his head.
