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To persevere
In obstinate condolement is a course
Of impious stubbornness: 'tis unmanly grief.
To persevere
In obstinate condolement is a course
Of impious stubbornness: 'tis unmanly grief.
All is well ended, if the suit be won.
All is well ended, if the suit be won.
It's good walking with a horse in ones hand.
It's good walking with a horse in ones hand.
There are four kinds of people, three of which are to be avoided
and the fourth cultivated: those who read more
There are four kinds of people, three of which are to be avoided
and the fourth cultivated: those who don't know that they don't
know; those who know that they don't know; those who don't know
that they know; and those who know that they know.
Shows that we build, when we should but entomb us.
Shows that we build, when we should but entomb us.
The back-doore robs the house.
The back-doore robs the house.
O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil.
O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil.
What he has is of no more use to the miser than that which he has
not.
What he has is of no more use to the miser than that which he has
not.