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He who wants to get rich wants to get rich quickly.
He who wants to get rich wants to get rich quickly.
An undertaking beset with danger.
An undertaking beset with danger.
For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime,
Young Lycidas, and hath not left his peer.
For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime,
Young Lycidas, and hath not left his peer.
Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle.
Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle.
In hard times, no less than in prosperity, preserve equanimity.
In hard times, no less than in prosperity, preserve equanimity.
The bird that hath been limed in a bush
With trembling wing misdoubteth every bush.
The bird that hath been limed in a bush
With trembling wing misdoubteth every bush.
Stolen kisses are always sweeter.
Stolen kisses are always sweeter.
Spare your breath to cool your porridge.
Spare your breath to cool your porridge.
My bark, once struck by the fury of the storm, dreads again to
approach the place of danger.
My bark, once struck by the fury of the storm, dreads again to
approach the place of danger.