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Little does the sick man consult his own interests, who makes his
physician his heir.
Little does the sick man consult his own interests, who makes his
physician his heir.
Spies are the ears and eyes of Princes.
Spies are the ears and eyes of Princes.
Chill penury repressed their noble rage,
And froze the genial current of the soul.
Chill penury repressed their noble rage,
And froze the genial current of the soul.
The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy
pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the read more
The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy
pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the position of others,
dissatisfied with our own.]
The body is more drest then the soule.
The body is more drest then the soule.
Passion and strife bow down the mind.
Passion and strife bow down the mind.
The orange that is too hard squeezed yields a bitter juice.
The orange that is too hard squeezed yields a bitter juice.
He that is not in the warres is not out of danger.
He that is not in the warres is not out of danger.
