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Building is a sweet impoverishing.
Building is a sweet impoverishing.
What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
 He who preserves a man's life against his will does the same 
thing as if he slew him.  
 He who preserves a man's life against his will does the same 
thing as if he slew him. 
The fellow is either a madman or a poet.
The fellow is either a madman or a poet.
As many men, so many opinions.
As many men, so many opinions.
To a fair day open the window, but make you ready as to a foule.
To a fair day open the window, but make you ready as to a foule.
The naming of one man amounts to the exclusion of another.
The naming of one man amounts to the exclusion of another.
The gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it.
The gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it.
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.