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An old mans staffe is the rapper of deaths doore.
An old mans staffe is the rapper of deaths doore.
No wicked man knows happiness, and least of all the seducer of
others.
No wicked man knows happiness, and least of all the seducer of
others.
You betray your own failing if you cannot bear with the fault of
a friend.
You betray your own failing if you cannot bear with the fault of
a friend.
To meditate an injury is to commit one.
To meditate an injury is to commit one.
By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
All powerful is the rule of fashion.
All powerful is the rule of fashion.
A woman is most merciless when shame goads on her hate.
A woman is most merciless when shame goads on her hate.
All those must such delights expect to share,
Who for their friend think fit to take a bear.
All those must such delights expect to share,
Who for their friend think fit to take a bear.
He bristles with hair, like a sea-urchin or a hunted boar.
He bristles with hair, like a sea-urchin or a hunted boar.