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No man is a hero to his valet.
[Fr., Il n'y a pas de grand homme pour son valet-de-chambre.]
No man is a hero to his valet.
[Fr., Il n'y a pas de grand homme pour son valet-de-chambre.]
It is better to have wings then hornes.
It is better to have wings then hornes.
For 'tis not good that children should know any wickedness.
For 'tis not good that children should know any wickedness.
Idleness induces caprice.
Idleness induces caprice.
I will be correspondent to command.
I will be correspondent to command.
Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with
increased violence.
Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with
increased violence.
An old mans staffe is the rapper of deaths doore.
An old mans staffe is the rapper of deaths doore.
Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Talke much and erre much, saies the Spanyard.
Talke much and erre much, saies the Spanyard.