He who asks with timidity invites a refusal.

He who asks with timidity invites a refusal.

Labour with what zeal we will,
Something still remains undone,
Something uncompleted still
Waits read more

Labour with what zeal we will,
Something still remains undone,
Something uncompleted still
Waits the rising of the sun.

A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs.

A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs.

There are many things which may not be uttered by men in
threadbare coats.

There are many things which may not be uttered by men in
threadbare coats.

Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.
[Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]

Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.
[Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]

'Tis strange, but true: for truth is always strange;
Stranger than fiction.

'Tis strange, but true: for truth is always strange;
Stranger than fiction.

Wine is a turne-coate (first a friend, then an enemy).

Wine is a turne-coate (first a friend, then an enemy).

It's not improbable that a man may receive more solid
satisfaction from pudding while he is alive than from read more

It's not improbable that a man may receive more solid
satisfaction from pudding while he is alive than from praise
after he is dead.

But that old man, who is lord of the broad estate and the hall,
Dropped off gorged from a read more

But that old man, who is lord of the broad estate and the hall,
Dropped off gorged from a scheme which left us flaccid and
drained.