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He enters the port with a full sail.
He enters the port with a full sail.
He that chastens one, chastens 20.
He that chastens one, chastens 20.
For 'tis not good that children should know any wickedness.
For 'tis not good that children should know any wickedness.
Rare is the union of beauty and modesty.
Rare is the union of beauty and modesty.
He warmes too neere that burnes.
He warmes too neere that burnes.
Life isn't all beer and skittles; but beer and skittles or
something better of the same sort, must form read more
Life isn't all beer and skittles; but beer and skittles or
something better of the same sort, must form a good part of every
Englishman's education.
The faults of his adored escape the notice of the blind admirer.
The faults of his adored escape the notice of the blind admirer.
'Tis strange, but true: for truth is always strange;
Stranger than fiction.
'Tis strange, but true: for truth is always strange;
Stranger than fiction.
The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
[The wearer knows best where the shoe pinches.]
The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
[The wearer knows best where the shoe pinches.]
