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Retirement without literary amusements is death itself, and a
living tomb.
Retirement without literary amusements is death itself, and a
living tomb.
Still fisheth he that catcheth one.
Still fisheth he that catcheth one.
An Oxe is taken by the horns, and a Man by the tongue.
An Oxe is taken by the horns, and a Man by the tongue.
Great deservers grow Intolerable presumers.
Great deservers grow Intolerable presumers.
Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.
Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.
A man convinced against his will,
Is of the some opinion still.
A man convinced against his will,
Is of the some opinion still.
To play at Chesse when the house is on fire.
To play at Chesse when the house is on fire.
Every man's censure is first moulded in his own nature.
Every man's censure is first moulded in his own nature.
