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In prosperity you may count on many friends; if the sky becomes
overcast you will be alone.
In prosperity you may count on many friends; if the sky becomes
overcast you will be alone.
To a fair day open the window, but make you ready as to a foule.
To a fair day open the window, but make you ready as to a foule.
The sure way to wickedness is through wickedness.
The sure way to wickedness is through wickedness.
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one,
and love the other; or else read more
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one,
and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise
the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Grief diminishes when it has nothing to grow upon.
Grief diminishes when it has nothing to grow upon.
He that is surprized with the first frost feeles it all the
winter after.
He that is surprized with the first frost feeles it all the
winter after.
When great assurance accompanies a bad undertaking, such is often
mistaken for confiding sincerity by the world at large.
When great assurance accompanies a bad undertaking, such is often
mistaken for confiding sincerity by the world at large.
She can change her
Mind like the wind: whatever she has said
Or done, is light to read more
She can change her
Mind like the wind: whatever she has said
Or done, is light to what she'll say or do.
Behind the clouds is the sun still shining.
Behind the clouds is the sun still shining.