For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth
knowledge increaseth sorrow.

For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth
knowledge increaseth sorrow.

Nothing stings us so bitterly as the loss of money.

Nothing stings us so bitterly as the loss of money.

Now clothed like a Roman, now like a Greek. [An inconstant,
perfidious man.]

Now clothed like a Roman, now like a Greek. [An inconstant,
perfidious man.]

Give a man enough rope and he'll hang himself.

Give a man enough rope and he'll hang himself.

He whom the gods love dies young, whilst he is full of health,
perception, and judgment.
[Lat., Quem read more

He whom the gods love dies young, whilst he is full of health,
perception, and judgment.
[Lat., Quem dii diligunt,
Adolescens moritur, dum valet, sentit, sapit.]

The sweat of industry would dry and die,
But for the end it works to.

The sweat of industry would dry and die,
But for the end it works to.

He that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.

He that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.

Curtesie on one side only lasts not long.

Curtesie on one side only lasts not long.

Yestreen, when to the trembling string
The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha',
To thee my fancy read more

Yestreen, when to the trembling string
The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha',
To thee my fancy took its wing;
I sat, but neither heard nor saw.