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Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.
Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.
He who has in due season become rich, unless he saves in due
season, will in due season starve.
He who has in due season become rich, unless he saves in due
season, will in due season starve.
Every day in thy life is a leaf in thy history.
Every day in thy life is a leaf in thy history.
What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
[Lat., Idem Accio quod Titio jus esto.]
What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
[Lat., Idem Accio quod Titio jus esto.]
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
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Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
And some condemned for a fault alone.
A great dowry is a bed full of brables.
A great dowry is a bed full of brables.
Hee that blowes in the dust fills his eyes with it.
Hee that blowes in the dust fills his eyes with it.
How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
[Lat., Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent!]
How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
[Lat., Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent!]
The goddess was discovered by her gait.
The goddess was discovered by her gait.