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Present fears
Are less than horrible imaginings.
Present fears
Are less than horrible imaginings.
Our praises are our wages.
Our praises are our wages.
To have nothing is not poverty.
[Lat., Non est paupertas, Nestor, habere nihil.]
To have nothing is not poverty.
[Lat., Non est paupertas, Nestor, habere nihil.]
A mind conscious of its own rectitude.
[Lat., Mens sibi conscia recti.]
A mind conscious of its own rectitude.
[Lat., Mens sibi conscia recti.]
Oh what a goodly outside falsehood hath!
Oh what a goodly outside falsehood hath!
The Germans wit is in his fingers.
The Germans wit is in his fingers.
The lofty pine is most easily brought low by the force of the
wind, and the higher the tower read more
The lofty pine is most easily brought low by the force of the
wind, and the higher the tower the greater the fall thereof.
United we stand, divided we fall.
United we stand, divided we fall.
A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors.
A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors.