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Those who plot the destruction of others often perish in the
attempt.
Those who plot the destruction of others often perish in the
attempt.
The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the
sword; the one uses it as a means read more
The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the
sword; the one uses it as a means of attack, the other as a means
of defence.
Hee that keepes his owne makes warre.
Hee that keepes his owne makes warre.
How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
[Lat., Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent!]
How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
[Lat., Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent!]
Tell me, thou old man, worthy of a child's bauble.
Tell me, thou old man, worthy of a child's bauble.
He that pitties another, remembers himselfe.
He that pitties another, remembers himselfe.
Beat all your feathers as flat as pancakes.
Beat all your feathers as flat as pancakes.
It's a proud horse that will not carry his owne provender.
It's a proud horse that will not carry his owne provender.
