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Don't promise twice what you can do at once.
Don't promise twice what you can do at once.
Howe'er it be, it seems to me,
'Tis only noble to be good;
Kind hearts are more read more
Howe'er it be, it seems to me,
'Tis only noble to be good;
Kind hearts are more than coronets,
And simple faith than Norman blood.
He who rushes headlong into love will fare worse than if he had
cast himself from a precipice.
He who rushes headlong into love will fare worse than if he had
cast himself from a precipice.
In spending lies the advantage.
In spending lies the advantage.
Do not expect good from another's death.
Do not expect good from another's death.
What is not in a man cannot come out of him surely.
What is not in a man cannot come out of him surely.
The pleasure of what we enjoy is lost by coveting more.
The pleasure of what we enjoy is lost by coveting more.
A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till
afterwards.
A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till
afterwards.
Hee that lives ill, feare followes him.
Hee that lives ill, feare followes him.