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Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
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Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
[Lat., Medio de fonte leporum
Surgit amari aliquid, quod in ipsis floribus angat.]
A life of honour and of worth
Has no eternity on earth,--
'Tis but a name.
A life of honour and of worth
Has no eternity on earth,--
'Tis but a name.
Better a bare foote then none.
[Better a barefoot than none.]
Better a bare foote then none.
[Better a barefoot than none.]
It takes two to make a quarrel.
It takes two to make a quarrel.
Giving much to the poore, doth inrich a mans store.
Giving much to the poore, doth inrich a mans store.
When you will, they wont, when you wont, they will.
When you will, they wont, when you wont, they will.
Often a silent face has voice and words.
[Lat., Saepe tacens vocem verbaque vultus habet.]
Often a silent face has voice and words.
[Lat., Saepe tacens vocem verbaque vultus habet.]
There is a good deal in a man's mode of eating.
There is a good deal in a man's mode of eating.
Divine grace was never slow.
Divine grace was never slow.
