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The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.
The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.
Idle folks have the most labour.
Idle folks have the most labour.
He who meditates a crime secretly within himself has all the
guilt of the act.
He who meditates a crime secretly within himself has all the
guilt of the act.
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 more highminded a man is the more easily is his anger
appeased.
The more highminded a man is the more easily is his anger
appeased.
Craft against vice I must apply.
Craft against vice I must apply.
Loathsome canker lives in sweetest bud.
Loathsome canker lives in sweetest bud.
One of Satan's shepherdesses caught
And meant to stamp him with her master's mark.
One of Satan's shepherdesses caught
And meant to stamp him with her master's mark.
