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Patience lightens the burthen we cannot avert.
Patience lightens the burthen we cannot avert.
The Physitian owes all to the patient, but the patient owes
nothing to him but a little mony.
The Physitian owes all to the patient, but the patient owes
nothing to him but a little mony.
Long is the road to learning by precepts, but short and
successful by examples.
Long is the road to learning by precepts, but short and
successful by examples.
He who sins when drunk will have to atone for it when sober.
He who sins when drunk will have to atone for it when sober.
Virtue lies half way between two opposite vices.
Virtue lies half way between two opposite vices.
Let him who has once perceived how much that, which has been
discarded, excels that which he has longed read more
Let him who has once perceived how much that, which has been
discarded, excels that which he has longed for, return at once,
and seek again that which he despised.
Amid the roses fierce Repentance rears
Her snaky crest.
Amid the roses fierce Repentance rears
Her snaky crest.
Take heede of the viniger of sweet wine.
Take heede of the viniger of sweet wine.
Cares deny all rest to weary limbs.
Cares deny all rest to weary limbs.
