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Check the beginning of evil; the remedy is too late when the
disease by delay has increased in strength.
Check the beginning of evil; the remedy is too late when the
disease by delay has increased in strength.
No hour brings good fortune to one man without bringing
misfortune to another.
No hour brings good fortune to one man without bringing
misfortune to another.
To buy deare is not bounty.
To buy deare is not bounty.
When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.
When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.
He who wants to get rich wants to get rich quickly.
He who wants to get rich wants to get rich quickly.
Every man's censure is first moulded in his own nature.
Every man's censure is first moulded in his own nature.
When God will punish, hee will first take away the understanding.
When God will punish, hee will first take away the understanding.
Paines to get, care to keep, feare to lose.
Paines to get, care to keep, feare to lose.
He who surpasses or subdues mankind,
Must look down on the hate of those below.
He who surpasses or subdues mankind,
Must look down on the hate of those below.
