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Better suffer ill, then doe ill.
Better suffer ill, then doe ill.
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.
God sends cold according to Cloathes.
[God sends cold according to clothes.]
God sends cold according to Cloathes.
[God sends cold according to clothes.]
With but a plank between them and their fate.
With but a plank between them and their fate.
Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.
Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.
He who speaks ill of an absent friend, or fails to take his part
if attacked by another, that read more
He who speaks ill of an absent friend, or fails to take his part
if attacked by another, that man is a scoundrel.
A bad man becomes worse when he apes a saint.
A bad man becomes worse when he apes a saint.
He that is surprized with the first frost feeles it all the
winter after.
He that is surprized with the first frost feeles it all the
winter after.
Faults are committed within the walls of Troy and also without.
[There is fault on both sides.]
Faults are committed within the walls of Troy and also without.
[There is fault on both sides.]