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Whenever you see a fellow-creature in trouble, remember that he
is a man.
Whenever you see a fellow-creature in trouble, remember that he
is a man.
Desiring things widely different for their various tastes.
Desiring things widely different for their various tastes.
Alas how difficult is it to preserve a high reputation!
Alas how difficult is it to preserve a high reputation!
To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.
To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.
Those, that with haste will make a mighty fire,
Begin it with weak straws.
Those, that with haste will make a mighty fire,
Begin it with weak straws.
In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
Some men plant an opinion they seem to erradicate.
Some men plant an opinion they seem to erradicate.
There is no proverb which is not true.
[Sp., No hay refran que no sea verdadero.]
There is no proverb which is not true.
[Sp., No hay refran que no sea verdadero.]