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One stroke fells not an oke.
One stroke fells not an oke.
A good bargaine is a pick-purse.
A good bargaine is a pick-purse.
Children when they are little make parents fooles, when they are
great they make them mad.
Children when they are little make parents fooles, when they are
great they make them mad.
Catch, then, O catch the transient hour;
Improve each moment as it flies!
Catch, then, O catch the transient hour;
Improve each moment as it flies!
Such pains they take to look pretty.
Such pains they take to look pretty.
Beware
Of entrance to a quarrel.
Beware
Of entrance to a quarrel.
To have properly studied the liberal sciences gives a polish to
our manners, and removes all awkwardness.
To have properly studied the liberal sciences gives a polish to
our manners, and removes all awkwardness.
God keep me from false friends!
God keep me from false friends!
Don't promise twice what you can do at once.
Don't promise twice what you can do at once.