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Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep,
And in his simple show he harbors treason.
Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep,
And in his simple show he harbors treason.
Yeeres know more then bookes.
Yeeres know more then bookes.
Things which of themselves avail nothing, when united become
powerful.
Things which of themselves avail nothing, when united become
powerful.
The deepest rivers flow with the least sound.
[Lat., Altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labuntur.]
The deepest rivers flow with the least sound.
[Lat., Altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labuntur.]
Let him who has granted a favour speak not of it; let him who has
received one, proclaim it.
Let him who has granted a favour speak not of it; let him who has
received one, proclaim it.
There are more Physitians in health then drunkards.
There are more Physitians in health then drunkards.
The cholerick man never wants woe.
The cholerick man never wants woe.
He claims a monopoly in friendship.
He claims a monopoly in friendship.
That father perished at the stake
For tenets he would not forsake.
That father perished at the stake
For tenets he would not forsake.