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Riches too increase, and the maddening craving for gold,
So that men ever seek for more, that they may read more
Riches too increase, and the maddening craving for gold,
So that men ever seek for more, that they may have the most.
Am I always to be a mere listener? Shall I never reply?
Am I always to be a mere listener? Shall I never reply?
Hee is a foole that thinks not that another thinks.
Hee is a foole that thinks not that another thinks.
He that hath hornes in his bosom, let him not put them on his
head.
He that hath hornes in his bosom, let him not put them on his
head.
Mention not a halter in the house of him that was hanged.
Mention not a halter in the house of him that was hanged.
How well I feathered by nest.
How well I feathered by nest.
He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
Love and dignity do not dwell together.
Love and dignity do not dwell together.
One father is enough to governe one hundred sons, but not a
hundred sons one father.
One father is enough to governe one hundred sons, but not a
hundred sons one father.