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The pupil will eclipse his tutor, I warrant.
The pupil will eclipse his tutor, I warrant.
The more violent the storm the sooner it is over.
The more violent the storm the sooner it is over.
One heat another heat expels.
One heat another heat expels.
Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth
the law, happy is he.
Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth
the law, happy is he.
May everything he treads upon become a rose!
May everything he treads upon become a rose!
To live peaceably with all breedes good blood.
To live peaceably with all breedes good blood.
A little fire is quickly trodden out;
Which, being suffer'd, rivers cannot quench.
A little fire is quickly trodden out;
Which, being suffer'd, rivers cannot quench.
Fortune, by being too lavish of her favours on a man, only makes
a fool of him.
Fortune, by being too lavish of her favours on a man, only makes
a fool of him.
All men have more consideration for themselves than for others.
All men have more consideration for themselves than for others.