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No one delights more in revenge than a woman.
No one delights more in revenge than a woman.
The child saies nothing, but what it heard by the fire.
The child saies nothing, but what it heard by the fire.
Now out of this nettle, danger, will I pluck the flower, safety.
Now out of this nettle, danger, will I pluck the flower, safety.
My ventures are not in one bottom trusted.
My ventures are not in one bottom trusted.
Folly growes without watering.
Folly growes without watering.
Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves.
[Lat., Saepe intereunt aliis meditantes necem.]
Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves.
[Lat., Saepe intereunt aliis meditantes necem.]
We may escape misfortune for a while, but the evil day will come.
We may escape misfortune for a while, but the evil day will come.
The ofspring of those that are very young, or very old, lasts
not.
The ofspring of those that are very young, or very old, lasts
not.
The cholerick man never wants woe.
The cholerick man never wants woe.