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Be not for ever harassed by impotent desire.
Be not for ever harassed by impotent desire.
The Court hath no Almanack.
The Court hath no Almanack.
Hee that would bee well old, must bee old betimes.
Hee that would bee well old, must bee old betimes.
The eye will have his part.
The eye will have his part.
Beware
Of entrance to a quarrel.
Beware
Of entrance to a quarrel.
Make it a point not to be over-fascinating.
Make it a point not to be over-fascinating.
Though fame is smoke,
Its fumes are frankincense to human thought.
Though fame is smoke,
Its fumes are frankincense to human thought.
We but teach
Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return
To plague the inventor.
We but teach
Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return
To plague the inventor.
Threatned men eat bread, says the Spaniard.
Threatned men eat bread, says the Spaniard.