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He who injures one man threatens many.
He who injures one man threatens many.
Better be a foole then a knave.
Better be a foole then a knave.
Health without money is halfe an ague.
Health without money is halfe an ague.
This is my wish, this is my command, my pleasure is my reason.
This is my wish, this is my command, my pleasure is my reason.
When war begins, then hell openeth.
When war begins, then hell openeth.
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.
Beware
Of entrance to a quarrel.
Beware
Of entrance to a quarrel.
The rills of pleasure never run sincere,
(Earth has no unpolluted spring)
From the cursed soil some read more
The rills of pleasure never run sincere,
(Earth has no unpolluted spring)
From the cursed soil some dang'rous taint they bear;
So roses grow on thorns, and honey wears a sting.