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Nature abhors a vacuum.
[Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]
Nature abhors a vacuum.
[Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]
There is a devil in every berry of the grape.
There is a devil in every berry of the grape.
From his silence a man's consent is inferred.
From his silence a man's consent is inferred.
Seeming genial, venial fault.
Seeming genial, venial fault.
He is most powerful who governs himself.
He is most powerful who governs himself.
He that is robb'd, not wanting what is stolen,
Let him not know it, and he's not robb'd at read more
He that is robb'd, not wanting what is stolen,
Let him not know it, and he's not robb'd at all.
What prevents a man's speaking good sense with a smile on his
face?
What prevents a man's speaking good sense with a smile on his
face?
Little losses amaze, great tame.
Little losses amaze, great tame.
The dainties of the great are the teares of the poore.
The dainties of the great are the teares of the poore.