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There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
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There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
Little losses amaze, great tame.
Little losses amaze, great tame.
For man is man, and master of his fate.
For man is man, and master of his fate.
We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.
We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.
Like lips like lettuce (i.e. like has met its like).
(Lat., Similem habent labra lactucam.]
Like lips like lettuce (i.e. like has met its like).
(Lat., Similem habent labra lactucam.]
A snow yeare, a rich yeare.
A snow yeare, a rich yeare.
The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
[The wearer knows best where the shoe pinches.]
The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
[The wearer knows best where the shoe pinches.]
Just taking it one day at a time.
Just taking it one day at a time.
He that hath love in his brest, hath spurres in his sides.
He that hath love in his brest, hath spurres in his sides.
