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Great things rush to the destruction of each other.
Great things rush to the destruction of each other.
That wife is an enemy to her husband who is given in marriage
against her will.
That wife is an enemy to her husband who is given in marriage
against her will.
Win us with honest trifles, to betray us
In deepest consequence.
Win us with honest trifles, to betray us
In deepest consequence.
The mind flies back with a grand recoil
From debts not due till to-morrow.
The mind flies back with a grand recoil
From debts not due till to-morrow.
For violent fires soon burn out themselves.
For violent fires soon burn out themselves.
The Physitian owes all to the patient, but the patient owes
nothing to him but a little mony.
The Physitian owes all to the patient, but the patient owes
nothing to him but a little mony.
A holy habit clenseth not a foule soule.
A holy habit clenseth not a foule soule.
A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.
A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.
A position of dignity is more easily improved upon than acquired.
A position of dignity is more easily improved upon than acquired.