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The back-doore robs the house.
The back-doore robs the house.
To place yourself under an obligation is to sell your liberty.
To place yourself under an obligation is to sell your liberty.
Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall
take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient read more
Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall
take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day
is the evil thereof.
If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.
If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.
The Physitian owes all to the patient, but the patient owes
nothing to him but a little mony.
The Physitian owes all to the patient, but the patient owes
nothing to him but a little mony.
But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
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But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
Casts off its bright skin yearly like a snake.
Virtue alone is happiness below.
Virtue alone is happiness below.
Often a silent face has voice and words.
[Lat., Saepe tacens vocem verbaque vultus habet.]
Often a silent face has voice and words.
[Lat., Saepe tacens vocem verbaque vultus habet.]
Breed up a crow and he'll pick out your eyes.
Breed up a crow and he'll pick out your eyes.
