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When you are at Rome, live as Romans live.
When you are at Rome, live as Romans live.
Silkes and Satins put out the fire in the chimney.
Silkes and Satins put out the fire in the chimney.
He rejoices to have made his way by ruin of others.
[Lat., Gaudensque viam fecisse ruina.]
He rejoices to have made his way by ruin of others.
[Lat., Gaudensque viam fecisse ruina.]
I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word.
I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word.
However exalted our position, we should still not despise the
powers of the humble.
However exalted our position, we should still not despise the
powers of the humble.
The Citizen is at his businesse before he rise.
The Citizen is at his businesse before he rise.
There are a kind of men so loose of soul,
That in their sleeps will mutter their affairs.
There are a kind of men so loose of soul,
That in their sleeps will mutter their affairs.
The higher the tower, the greater the fall thereof.
The higher the tower, the greater the fall thereof.