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Hell is full of good meanings and wishings.
Hell is full of good meanings and wishings.
In nothing do men so much resemble the gods as in giving help to
their fellow creatures.
In nothing do men so much resemble the gods as in giving help to
their fellow creatures.
The day is short, the work is much.
The day is short, the work is much.
Judge of a tree by its fruit, not by its leaves.
Judge of a tree by its fruit, not by its leaves.
Slowly and imperceptibly old age comes creeping on.
Slowly and imperceptibly old age comes creeping on.
Drooping along the ground the vine misses its widowed elm.
Drooping along the ground the vine misses its widowed elm.
There is no man, though never so little, but sometimes he can
hurt.
There is no man, though never so little, but sometimes he can
hurt.
Cover your selfe with your shield, and care not for cryes.
Cover your selfe with your shield, and care not for cryes.
But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
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But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
Casts off its bright skin yearly like a snake.