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A house and a woman sute excellently.
A house and a woman sute excellently.
Amongst good men two men suffice.
Amongst good men two men suffice.
We are slow to believe that which, if true, would grieve us.
We are slow to believe that which, if true, would grieve us.
Grief is put to flight and assuaged by generous draughts.
Grief is put to flight and assuaged by generous draughts.
Man proposes, and God disposes.
[It., Ordina l'uomo, e dio dispone.]
Man proposes, and God disposes.
[It., Ordina l'uomo, e dio dispone.]
He who has wronged you is either stronger or weaker than
yourself: be he weaker, spare him; be he read more
He who has wronged you is either stronger or weaker than
yourself: be he weaker, spare him; be he stronger, then spare
yourself.
Every day brings his bread with it.
Every day brings his bread with it.
Hee that would bee well old, must bee old betimes.
Hee that would bee well old, must bee old betimes.
There is a good deal in a man's mode of eating.
There is a good deal in a man's mode of eating.