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There are faults we would fain pardon.
There are faults we would fain pardon.
Your thoughts close, and your countenance loose.
Your thoughts close, and your countenance loose.
The Chollerick drinkes, the Melancholick eats, the Flegmatick
sleepes.
The Chollerick drinkes, the Melancholick eats, the Flegmatick
sleepes.
Slow rises worth by poverty depressed.
Slow rises worth by poverty depressed.
Be cautious as to what you say of men, and to whom you speak it.
Be cautious as to what you say of men, and to whom you speak it.
That is not good language which all understand not.
That is not good language which all understand not.
Nothing is more obnoxious than a low person raised to a high
position.
Nothing is more obnoxious than a low person raised to a high
position.
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit
drieth the bones.
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit
drieth the bones.
'Tis pleasant to have a large heap to take from.
'Tis pleasant to have a large heap to take from.