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A word once spoken cannot be recalled.
A word once spoken cannot be recalled.
When age is jocond it makes sport for death.
When age is jocond it makes sport for death.
We plough the sand on the sea shore.
We plough the sand on the sea shore.
Don't promise twice what you can do at once.
Don't promise twice what you can do at once.
A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
Neither eyes on letters, nor hands in coffers.
Neither eyes on letters, nor hands in coffers.
Fill the bright goblet, spread the festive board!
Fill the bright goblet, spread the festive board!
That which never has been, never is, and never will be.
That which never has been, never is, and never will be.
Fortune favors the brave.
[Lat., Fortes fortuna adjuvat.]
Fortune favors the brave.
[Lat., Fortes fortuna adjuvat.]