What's in a name?

What's in a name?

The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new,
And hope is brightest when it dawns from fears;
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The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new,
And hope is brightest when it dawns from fears;
The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew,
And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.

Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance.

Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance.

Let me skim the water with one oar, and with the other touch
sand. [Go not out of your read more

Let me skim the water with one oar, and with the other touch
sand. [Go not out of your depth.]

So obliging that he ne'er obliged.

So obliging that he ne'er obliged.

Better late than never.
[Lat., Potius sero quam nunquam.]

Better late than never.
[Lat., Potius sero quam nunquam.]

With emptie hands men may no haukes lure.

With emptie hands men may no haukes lure.

He is the furthest from danger, who is on his guard even when in
safety.

He is the furthest from danger, who is on his guard even when in
safety.

Speake not of a dead man at the table.

Speake not of a dead man at the table.