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He rejoices to have made his way by ruin of others.
[Lat., Gaudensque viam fecisse ruina.]
He rejoices to have made his way by ruin of others.
[Lat., Gaudensque viam fecisse ruina.]
Who eates his cock alone must saddle his horse alone.
Who eates his cock alone must saddle his horse alone.
Oh, woman! in our hours of ease,
Uncertain, coy, and hard to please.
Oh, woman! in our hours of ease,
Uncertain, coy, and hard to please.
Hee that demands misseth not, unlesse his demands be foolish.
Hee that demands misseth not, unlesse his demands be foolish.
When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest.
When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest.
Speake not of a dead man at the table.
Speake not of a dead man at the table.
The slow, sweet hours that bring us all things good.
The slow, sweet hours that bring us all things good.
These are the evils which result from gossiping habits.
These are the evils which result from gossiping habits.
The mind flies back with a grand recoil
From debts not due till to-morrow.
The mind flies back with a grand recoil
From debts not due till to-morrow.
