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Rare is the union of beauty and modesty.
Rare is the union of beauty and modesty.
He would stroke
The head of modest and ingenuous youth,
That blushed at its own praise.
He would stroke
The head of modest and ingenuous youth,
That blushed at its own praise.
Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.
Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.
Hit the nail on the head.
Hit the nail on the head.
O doul on the day that gae me an old man.
O doul on the day that gae me an old man.
When a man makes up his mind to thrash another, he must also make
up his mind to be read more
When a man makes up his mind to thrash another, he must also make
up his mind to be a little thrashed himself.
It was intended to be a vase, it has turned out a pot.
It was intended to be a vase, it has turned out a pot.
Power seldome grows old at Court.
Power seldome grows old at Court.
Long jesting was never good.
Long jesting was never good.
