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The envious will die, but envy never.
[Fr., Les envieux mourront, mais non jamais l'envie.]
The envious will die, but envy never.
[Fr., Les envieux mourront, mais non jamais l'envie.]
Without danger we cannot get beyond danger.
Without danger we cannot get beyond danger.
Little dogs start the Hare, the great get her.
Little dogs start the Hare, the great get her.
Whose own hard dealings teaches them suspect
The thoughts of others.
Whose own hard dealings teaches them suspect
The thoughts of others.
It is no easy matter to say commonplace things in an original
way.
It is no easy matter to say commonplace things in an original
way.
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one,
and love the other; or else read more
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one,
and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise
the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
You tell a tale to a dead man.
You tell a tale to a dead man.
The act is judged of by the event.
The act is judged of by the event.
It is but a poor establishment where there are not many
superfluous things which the owner knows not of, read more
It is but a poor establishment where there are not many
superfluous things which the owner knows not of, and which go to
the thieves.
