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To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.
To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.
A far greater warfare lies hidden under this assumed peace.
A far greater warfare lies hidden under this assumed peace.
The March sunne raises but dissolves not.
The March sunne raises but dissolves not.
Success gives the character of honesty to some classes of
wickedness.
Success gives the character of honesty to some classes of
wickedness.
A gift much expected is paid, not given.
A gift much expected is paid, not given.
Humble Hearts have humble desires.
Humble Hearts have humble desires.
That in the captain's but a choleric word,
Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy.
That in the captain's but a choleric word,
Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy.
The remedy is worse than the disease.
The remedy is worse than the disease.
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.]
