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The brave or the fortunate can afford to laugh at envy.
The brave or the fortunate can afford to laugh at envy.
Trust no friend with that you need fear him if he were your
enemy.
Trust no friend with that you need fear him if he were your
enemy.
Good habits result from resisting temptation.
Good habits result from resisting temptation.
Being on sea saile, being on land settle.
Being on sea saile, being on land settle.
A loss, of which we are ignorant, is no loss.
A loss, of which we are ignorant, is no loss.
The sense of death is most in apprehension.
The sense of death is most in apprehension.
One may smile, and smile, and be a villain.
One may smile, and smile, and be a villain.
More mild, but yet more harmful; kind in hatred.
More mild, but yet more harmful; kind in hatred.
A third heir seldom profits by ill-gotten wealth.
A third heir seldom profits by ill-gotten wealth.