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He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
Although it raine, throw not away thy watering pot.
Although it raine, throw not away thy watering pot.
What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to
hear the song of read more
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to
hear the song of fools.
He that steals an egge, will steal an oxe.
He that steals an egge, will steal an oxe.
Neither eyes on letters, nor hands in coffers.
Neither eyes on letters, nor hands in coffers.
Poverty is the mother of health.
Poverty is the mother of health.
The mind that is anxious about the future is miserable.
[Lat., Calamitosus est animus futuri anxius.]
The mind that is anxious about the future is miserable.
[Lat., Calamitosus est animus futuri anxius.]
Let not our proposal be disregarded on the score of our youth.
Let not our proposal be disregarded on the score of our youth.