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Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sundial
in the shade?
Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sundial
in the shade?
He that hath time and looks for better time, time comes that he
repents himself of time.
He that hath time and looks for better time, time comes that he
repents himself of time.
Marriage is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the
dinner.
Marriage is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the
dinner.
A woman's general. What should we fear?
A woman's general. What should we fear?
The fire i' the flint
Shows not till it be struck.
The fire i' the flint
Shows not till it be struck.
Often a silent face has voice and words.
[Lat., Saepe tacens vocem verbaque vultus habet.]
Often a silent face has voice and words.
[Lat., Saepe tacens vocem verbaque vultus habet.]
He who will not grant a favour has no right to ask one.
He who will not grant a favour has no right to ask one.
And maidens call it--Love in idleness.
And maidens call it--Love in idleness.
He who spares the wicked injures the good.
He who spares the wicked injures the good.