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Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
[Lat., Noli equi dentes inspicere donati.]
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
[Lat., Noli equi dentes inspicere donati.]
The question is yet before the court.
The question is yet before the court.
There is a devil in every berry of the grape.
There is a devil in every berry of the grape.
Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.
Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.
Miseries of which I was an eye witness and in which I took a
chief part.
Miseries of which I was an eye witness and in which I took a
chief part.
Their own death accompanies the wound they inflict.
Their own death accompanies the wound they inflict.
Every cock fights best on his own dunghill.
Every cock fights best on his own dunghill.
So sweetly she bade me adieu,
I thought that she bade me return.
So sweetly she bade me adieu,
I thought that she bade me return.
We must every one be a man of his own fancy.
We must every one be a man of his own fancy.