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To make a mountain of a mole-hill.
To make a mountain of a mole-hill.
The fatt man knoweth not, what the leane thinketh.
The fatt man knoweth not, what the leane thinketh.
What we can have as a matter of course, is not valued; what is
denied we eagerly covet.
What we can have as a matter of course, is not valued; what is
denied we eagerly covet.
Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.
Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.
Dearths foreseene come not.
Dearths foreseene come not.
Villany reduces those whom it defiles to the same level.
Villany reduces those whom it defiles to the same level.
No fortune is so good but that you may find something to grumble
about.
No fortune is so good but that you may find something to grumble
about.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
[Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]
Nature abhors a vacuum.
[Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]
Doe what thou oughtest, and come what come can.
Doe what thou oughtest, and come what come can.
