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Suretyship is the precursor of ruin.
Suretyship is the precursor of ruin.
Defer no time; delays have dangerous ends.
Defer no time; delays have dangerous ends.
There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly.
[There is no jollity but hath a smack of read more
There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly.
[There is no jollity but hath a smack of folly.]
In doubtful matters boldness is everything.
In doubtful matters boldness is everything.
He that's long a giving, knowes not how to give.
He that's long a giving, knowes not how to give.
Harp not on that string, madam; that is past.
Harp not on that string, madam; that is past.
Everybody's business is nobody's business.
Everybody's business is nobody's business.
He who speaks ill of an absent friend, or fails to take his part
if attacked by another, that read more
He who speaks ill of an absent friend, or fails to take his part
if attacked by another, that man is a scoundrel.
It's a bold mouse that nestles in the catts eare.
It's a bold mouse that nestles in the catts eare.
