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Anger manages everything badly.
Anger manages everything badly.
What! can so young a thorn begin to prick?
What! can so young a thorn begin to prick?
It is but the weak and little mind that rejoices in revenge.
It is but the weak and little mind that rejoices in revenge.
Chuse not an house neere an lnne (viz. for noise) or in a corner
(for filth).
Chuse not an house neere an lnne (viz. for noise) or in a corner
(for filth).
Be not arrogant when fortune smiles, or dejected when she frowns.
Be not arrogant when fortune smiles, or dejected when she frowns.
Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without
merit and lost without deserving.
Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without
merit and lost without deserving.
What loss feels he that wots not what he loses?
What loss feels he that wots not what he loses?
Assaile who will, the valiant attends.
Assaile who will, the valiant attends.
A foole knowes more in his house, then a wise man in anothers.
A foole knowes more in his house, then a wise man in anothers.