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Hee that makes a thing too fine, breakes it.
Hee that makes a thing too fine, breakes it.
Joking apart, now let us be serious.
Joking apart, now let us be serious.
By the needle you shall draw the thread, and by that which is
past, see how that which is read more
By the needle you shall draw the thread, and by that which is
past, see how that which is to come will be drawne on.
The brave or the fortunate can afford to laugh at envy.
The brave or the fortunate can afford to laugh at envy.
Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day
Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain-tops.
Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day
Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain-tops.
Everybody's business is nobody's business.
Everybody's business is nobody's business.
The price never stood in the way of her inclination.
The price never stood in the way of her inclination.
Whom has not the inspiring bowl made eloquent?
[Lat., Foecundi calices quem non fecere disertum.]
Whom has not the inspiring bowl made eloquent?
[Lat., Foecundi calices quem non fecere disertum.]