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Immodest words admit of no defence;
For want of decency is want of sense.
Immodest words admit of no defence;
For want of decency is want of sense.
Treading softly like a thief,
Lest the harsh shingle should grate underfoot,
And feeling all along the read more
Treading softly like a thief,
Lest the harsh shingle should grate underfoot,
And feeling all along the garden wall.
A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom.
A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom.
Add a sprinkling of folly to your long deliberations.
Add a sprinkling of folly to your long deliberations.
Had you the world on your Chesse-bord, you could not fill all to
your mind.
Had you the world on your Chesse-bord, you could not fill all to
your mind.
A good prayer is master of anothers purse.
A good prayer is master of anothers purse.
Let me play the fool;
With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.
Let me play the fool;
With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.
An ill wound is cured, not an ill name.
An ill wound is cured, not an ill name.
