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Fiction intended to please, should resemble truth as much as
possible.
Fiction intended to please, should resemble truth as much as
possible.
To speake of an Vsurer at the table marres the wine.
To speake of an Vsurer at the table marres the wine.
Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
Every mile is two in winter.
Every mile is two in winter.
A woman and a glasse are ever in danger.
[A woman and a glass are ever in danger.]
A woman and a glasse are ever in danger.
[A woman and a glass are ever in danger.]
Whatever you advise, be as brief as possible.
Whatever you advise, be as brief as possible.
He has carried every point, who has combined that which is useful
with that which is agreeable.
He has carried every point, who has combined that which is useful
with that which is agreeable.
The first and last frosts are the worst.
The first and last frosts are the worst.
And quick his colour went and came,
As fear and rage alternate rose.
And quick his colour went and came,
As fear and rage alternate rose.