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You tell a tale to a dead man.
You tell a tale to a dead man.
Righteousness exalteth a nation.
Righteousness exalteth a nation.
Fortune favours the bold.
Fortune favours the bold.
You cannot make the fire so low but it will get out.
You cannot make the fire so low but it will get out.
They favour learning whose actions are worthy of a learned pen.
They favour learning whose actions are worthy of a learned pen.
He rejoices to have made his way by ruin of others.
[Lat., Gaudensque viam fecisse ruina.]
He rejoices to have made his way by ruin of others.
[Lat., Gaudensque viam fecisse ruina.]
Slow rises worth by poverty depressed.
Slow rises worth by poverty depressed.
Hidden knowledge differs little from ignorance.
Hidden knowledge differs little from ignorance.