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My age, my inclinations, are no longer what they were.
My age, my inclinations, are no longer what they were.
Hee that lies with the dogs, riseth with fleas.
Hee that lies with the dogs, riseth with fleas.
He who fears his servants is less than a servant.
He who fears his servants is less than a servant.
Not treasured wealth, nor the consul's lictor, can dispel the
mind's bitter conflicts and the cares that flit, like read more
Not treasured wealth, nor the consul's lictor, can dispel the
mind's bitter conflicts and the cares that flit, like bats, about
your fretted roofs.
Citties are taken by the eares.
Citties are taken by the eares.
Do not waste bricks. (Waste your labor.)
[Lat., Ne laterum laves.]
Do not waste bricks. (Waste your labor.)
[Lat., Ne laterum laves.]
A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad,
will work out his ruin.
A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad,
will work out his ruin.
There would bee no great ones if there were no little ones.
There would bee no great ones if there were no little ones.
Dally not with mony or women.
Dally not with mony or women.