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The Rich knowes not who is his friend.
The Rich knowes not who is his friend.
Experience teaches.
[Lat., Experientia docet.]
Experience teaches.
[Lat., Experientia docet.]
It is folly to waste labour about trifles.
It is folly to waste labour about trifles.
None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most
delighted.
None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most
delighted.
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?
There is a medium in all things. There are certain limits
beyond, or within which, that which is right read more
There is a medium in all things. There are certain limits
beyond, or within which, that which is right cannot exist.
Flames too soon acquire strength if disregarded.
Flames too soon acquire strength if disregarded.
The back-doore robs the house.
The back-doore robs the house.
In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.
In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.