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A fickle and capricious woman.
A fickle and capricious woman.
It is folly to fear what cannot be avoided.
It is folly to fear what cannot be avoided.
A living dog is better than a dead lion.
A living dog is better than a dead lion.
How the devil is it that fresh features
Have such a charm for us poor human creatures?
How the devil is it that fresh features
Have such a charm for us poor human creatures?
O, that men's ears should be
To counsel deaf, but not to flattery!
O, that men's ears should be
To counsel deaf, but not to flattery!
No Church-yard is so handsom, that a man would desire straight to
bee buried there.
No Church-yard is so handsom, that a man would desire straight to
bee buried there.
Not if you burst yourself will you equal him.
Not if you burst yourself will you equal him.
He gives twice who gives quickly.
[Lat., Bis dat qui cito dat.]
- credited to Publius read more
He gives twice who gives quickly.
[Lat., Bis dat qui cito dat.]
- credited to Publius Syrus Mimus,
Each day that fate adds to your life, put down as so much gain.
Each day that fate adds to your life, put down as so much gain.
