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Let but the hours of idleness cease, and the bow of Cupid will
become broken and his torch extinguished.
Let but the hours of idleness cease, and the bow of Cupid will
become broken and his torch extinguished.
He that makes his bed ill, lies there.
He that makes his bed ill, lies there.
That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
His anger is easily excited and appeased, and he changes from
hour to hour.
His anger is easily excited and appeased, and he changes from
hour to hour.
Who hath a Wolfe for his mate, needes a Dog for his man.
Who hath a Wolfe for his mate, needes a Dog for his man.
Drought never brought dearth.
Drought never brought dearth.
Each age has deemed the new-born year
The fittest time for festal cheer.
Each age has deemed the new-born year
The fittest time for festal cheer.
The mind that broods o'er guilty woes
Is like a scorpion girt by fire.
The mind that broods o'er guilty woes
Is like a scorpion girt by fire.
It is human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
[Lat., Proprium humani ingenii, est odisse quem laeseris.]
It is human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
[Lat., Proprium humani ingenii, est odisse quem laeseris.]
