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The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.
The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.
Where none admire, 'tis useless to excel;
Where none are beaux, 'tis vain to be a belle.
Where none admire, 'tis useless to excel;
Where none are beaux, 'tis vain to be a belle.
All is well ended, if the suit be won.
All is well ended, if the suit be won.
That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
The higher the tower, the greater the fall thereof.
The higher the tower, the greater the fall thereof.
He that endures is not overcome.
He that endures is not overcome.
Great businesses turne on a little pinne.
Great businesses turne on a little pinne.
I must be cruel only to be kind.
I must be cruel only to be kind.