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Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
The judge is condemned when the guilty is acquitted.
[Lat., Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur.]
The judge is condemned when the guilty is acquitted.
[Lat., Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur.]
Preferment goes by letter and affection,
And not by old gradation, where each second
Stood heir to read more
Preferment goes by letter and affection,
And not by old gradation, where each second
Stood heir to th's first.
Good swimmers at length are drowned.
Good swimmers at length are drowned.
Grief diminishes when it has nothing to grow upon.
Grief diminishes when it has nothing to grow upon.
As you sow, so shall you also reap.
As you sow, so shall you also reap.
One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor.
One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor.
Come, let us take a lesson from our forefathers, and enjoy the
Christmas holyday.
Come, let us take a lesson from our forefathers, and enjoy the
Christmas holyday.