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Circumstances alter cases.
Circumstances alter cases.
Cover your selfe with your shield, and care not for cryes.
Cover your selfe with your shield, and care not for cryes.
It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled.
It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled.
Water trotted is as good as oates.
Water trotted is as good as oates.
A litle wind kindles; much puts out the fire.
[A little wind kindles; much puts out the fire.]
A litle wind kindles; much puts out the fire.
[A little wind kindles; much puts out the fire.]
The gods alone know, what kind of wife a man will have.
The gods alone know, what kind of wife a man will have.
Sound conviction should influence us rather than public opinion.
Sound conviction should influence us rather than public opinion.
Nothing is more ill-timed than an ill-timed laugh.
Nothing is more ill-timed than an ill-timed laugh.
Snuffling through his nose some stale joke.
Snuffling through his nose some stale joke.