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Sometimes the best gaine is to lose.
Sometimes the best gaine is to lose.
Who is so deafe, as he that will not hear?
[Who is so deaf as he that will not read more
Who is so deafe, as he that will not hear?
[Who is so deaf as he that will not hear?]
Better suffer ill, then doe ill.
Better suffer ill, then doe ill.
Nothing stings us so bitterly as the loss of money.
Nothing stings us so bitterly as the loss of money.
The deepest rivers flow with the least sound.
[Lat., Altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labuntur.]
The deepest rivers flow with the least sound.
[Lat., Altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labuntur.]
We are not born for ourselves alone.
We are not born for ourselves alone.
Repentant tears wash out the stain of guilt.
Repentant tears wash out the stain of guilt.
To have properly studied the liberal sciences gives a polish to
our manners, and removes all awkwardness.
To have properly studied the liberal sciences gives a polish to
our manners, and removes all awkwardness.