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How use doth breed a habit in a man!
How use doth breed a habit in a man!
Like lips like lettuce (i.e. like has met its like).
(Lat., Similem habent labra lactucam.]
Like lips like lettuce (i.e. like has met its like).
(Lat., Similem habent labra lactucam.]
He has carried every point, who has combined that which is useful
with that which is agreeable.
He has carried every point, who has combined that which is useful
with that which is agreeable.
Great talent has always a little madness mixed up with it.
Great talent has always a little madness mixed up with it.
Modesty once lost, never returns into favour.
Modesty once lost, never returns into favour.
To a great night, a great Lanthorne.
To a great night, a great Lanthorne.
The more the eggs, the worse the hatch,
The more the fish, the worse the catch.
The more the eggs, the worse the hatch,
The more the fish, the worse the catch.
Let me skim the water with one oar, and with the other touch
sand. [Go not out of your read more
Let me skim the water with one oar, and with the other touch
sand. [Go not out of your depth.]
Open rebuke is better than secret love.
Open rebuke is better than secret love.