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That pleasure which can be safely indulged in is the least
inviting.
That pleasure which can be safely indulged in is the least
inviting.
Fortune to one is Mother, to another is Step-mother.
Fortune to one is Mother, to another is Step-mother.
An old friend is a new house.
An old friend is a new house.
Let the poor man mind his tongue.
Let the poor man mind his tongue.
As you sow, so shall you also reap.
As you sow, so shall you also reap.
Hastiness is the beginning of wrath, and its end repentance.
Hastiness is the beginning of wrath, and its end repentance.
The eye is bigger then the belly.
[The eye is bigger than the belly.]
The eye is bigger then the belly.
[The eye is bigger than the belly.]
Hee hath no leisure who useth it not.
Hee hath no leisure who useth it not.
It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled.
It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled.