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He enters the port with a full sail.
He enters the port with a full sail.
Let him who has once perceived how much that, which has been
discarded, excels that which he has longed read more
Let him who has once perceived how much that, which has been
discarded, excels that which he has longed for, return at once,
and seek again that which he despised.
Speech is silvern, silence is golden.
Speech is silvern, silence is golden.
Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.
Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.
To a boyling pot flies comes not.
[To a boiling pot flies come not.]
To a boyling pot flies comes not.
[To a boiling pot flies come not.]
A drunkards purse is a bottle.
A drunkards purse is a bottle.
It's an ill aire where wee gaine nothing.
It's an ill aire where wee gaine nothing.
