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No man is a hero to his valet.
[Fr., Il n'y a pas de grand homme pour son valet-de-chambre.]
No man is a hero to his valet.
[Fr., Il n'y a pas de grand homme pour son valet-de-chambre.]
The sad dislike those who are cheerful, and the cheerful dislike
the melancholy.
The sad dislike those who are cheerful, and the cheerful dislike
the melancholy.
He that is fallen cannot helpe him that is downe.
He that is fallen cannot helpe him that is downe.
Liars pay the penalty of their own misdeeds.
Liars pay the penalty of their own misdeeds.
He that looseth is Marchant as well as he that gaines.
He that looseth is Marchant as well as he that gaines.
Diseases, desperate grown,
By desperate appliance are reliev'd,
Or not at all.
Diseases, desperate grown,
By desperate appliance are reliev'd,
Or not at all.
The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new.
The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new.
All things deteriorate in time.
All things deteriorate in time.
