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The maxims of men reveal their characters.
[Fr., Les maximes des hommes decelent leur coeur.]
The maxims of men reveal their characters.
[Fr., Les maximes des hommes decelent leur coeur.]
To each man at his birth nature has given some fault.
To each man at his birth nature has given some fault.
One paire of eares drawes dry an hundred tongues.
One paire of eares drawes dry an hundred tongues.
He is onely bright that shines by himselfe.
He is onely bright that shines by himselfe.
Wine-Counsels seldome prosper.
Wine-Counsels seldome prosper.
What king so strong,
Can tie the gall up in a slanderer's tongue?
What king so strong,
Can tie the gall up in a slanderer's tongue?
Every one thinkes his sacke heaviest.
Every one thinkes his sacke heaviest.
A crime in which many are implicated goes unpunished.
A crime in which many are implicated goes unpunished.
Every man makes a god of his own desire.
Every man makes a god of his own desire.
