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He rejoices to have made his way by ruin of others.
[Lat., Gaudensque viam fecisse ruina.]
He rejoices to have made his way by ruin of others.
[Lat., Gaudensque viam fecisse ruina.]
He that steals an egge, will steal an oxe.
He that steals an egge, will steal an oxe.
Conversation makes one what he is.
Conversation makes one what he is.
O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me.
O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me.
Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your
wrath: Neither give place to read more
Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your
wrath: Neither give place to the devil.
The best mirrour is an old friend.
The best mirrour is an old friend.
Men speake of the faire, as things went with them there.
Men speake of the faire, as things went with them there.
Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions than ruined
by too confident a security.
Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions than ruined
by too confident a security.
'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
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'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
Of darken'd forms and faces.
