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We suffer by our proximity. [Who get a blow intended for
another.]
We suffer by our proximity. [Who get a blow intended for
another.]
Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand
judgment.
Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand
judgment.
The worst punishment of all is, that in the court of his own
conscience no guilty man is acquitted.
The worst punishment of all is, that in the court of his own
conscience no guilty man is acquitted.
Always keep your hook in the water: where you least expect one,
the fish will be found.
Always keep your hook in the water: where you least expect one,
the fish will be found.
Chaos of thought and passion all confused.
Chaos of thought and passion all confused.
Let that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.
Let that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.
Not surpassing in crafty measures, but in the power of arms.
Not surpassing in crafty measures, but in the power of arms.
Bells call others, but themselves enter not into the Church.
Bells call others, but themselves enter not into the Church.
The noise is greater then the nuts.
The noise is greater then the nuts.