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Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
[Lat., Fortuna multis dat nimis, satis nulli.]
Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
[Lat., Fortuna multis dat nimis, satis nulli.]
It is but a small merit to observe silence, but it is a grave
fault to speak of matters read more
It is but a small merit to observe silence, but it is a grave
fault to speak of matters on which we should be silent.
A fool's wild speech confounds the wise.
A fool's wild speech confounds the wise.
The wicked flee when no man pursueth.
The wicked flee when no man pursueth.
One houres sleepe before midnight is worth three after.
[One hour's sleep before midnight is worth three after.]
One houres sleepe before midnight is worth three after.
[One hour's sleep before midnight is worth three after.]
Whatsoever was the father of a disease, an ill dyet was the
mother.
Whatsoever was the father of a disease, an ill dyet was the
mother.
A countenance inconceivably forbidding.
A countenance inconceivably forbidding.
What your glasse telles you, will not be told by Councell.
What your glasse telles you, will not be told by Councell.
