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Wine is a turne-coate (first a friend, then an enemy).
Wine is a turne-coate (first a friend, then an enemy).
What stronger breast-plate than a heart untainted.
What stronger breast-plate than a heart untainted.
A third heir seldom profits by ill-gotten wealth.
A third heir seldom profits by ill-gotten wealth.
Spectacles are deaths Harquebuze.
Spectacles are deaths Harquebuze.
An honest tale speeds best being plainly told.
An honest tale speeds best being plainly told.
Men freely believe that which they wish to be the truth.
Men freely believe that which they wish to be the truth.
Take thou some new infection to thy eye,
And the rank poison of the old will die.
Take thou some new infection to thy eye,
And the rank poison of the old will die.
I strive to mould circumstances to myself, not myself to
circumstances.
I strive to mould circumstances to myself, not myself to
circumstances.
Modesty should accompany youth.
Modesty should accompany youth.