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A novice always behaves with propriety.
A novice always behaves with propriety.
Happy is the man to whom nature has given a sufficiency with even
a sparing hand.
Happy is the man to whom nature has given a sufficiency with even
a sparing hand.
Old men, when they scorne young, make much of death.
Old men, when they scorne young, make much of death.
Experience teaches.
[Lat., Experientia docet.]
Experience teaches.
[Lat., Experientia docet.]
He that endures is not overcome.
He that endures is not overcome.
Am I always to be a mere listener? Shall I never reply?
Am I always to be a mere listener? Shall I never reply?
He found a city of bricks, he left one of marble.
He found a city of bricks, he left one of marble.
Say to pleasure, Gentle Eve, I will none of your apple.
Say to pleasure, Gentle Eve, I will none of your apple.
He is onely bright that shines by himselfe.
He is onely bright that shines by himselfe.
