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Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.
Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.
He makes a great row but does nothing.
He makes a great row but does nothing.
There is a method in man's wickedness:
It grows up by degrees.
There is a method in man's wickedness:
It grows up by degrees.
Suretyship is the precursor of ruin.
Suretyship is the precursor of ruin.
Some things are good, some middling, more bad.
Some things are good, some middling, more bad.
Rashness is the companion of youth, prudence of old age.
Rashness is the companion of youth, prudence of old age.
The mountains are in labour, the birth will be an absurd little
mouse.
The mountains are in labour, the birth will be an absurd little
mouse.
Danger comes on us more speedily when we treat it with contempt.
Danger comes on us more speedily when we treat it with contempt.
A word once spoken cannot be recalled.
A word once spoken cannot be recalled.