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Silkes and Satins put out the fire in the chimney.
Silkes and Satins put out the fire in the chimney.
That least pleases us which is most urged on us.
That least pleases us which is most urged on us.
A wise man does nothing by constraint.
A wise man does nothing by constraint.
Great deservers grow Intolerable presumers.
Great deservers grow Intolerable presumers.
He that contemplates hath a day without night.
He that contemplates hath a day without night.
You betray your own failing if you cannot bear with the fault of
a friend.
You betray your own failing if you cannot bear with the fault of
a friend.
Never was anything so inconsistent.
Never was anything so inconsistent.
He that mockes a cripple, ought to be whole.
He that mockes a cripple, ought to be whole.
He who is not in readiness to-day, will be less prepared
to-morrow.
He who is not in readiness to-day, will be less prepared
to-morrow.