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There are four kinds of people, three of which are to be avoided
and the fourth cultivated: those who read more
There are four kinds of people, three of which are to be avoided
and the fourth cultivated: those who don't know that they don't
know; those who know that they don't know; those who don't know
that they know; and those who know that they know.
Loathsome canker lives in sweetest bud.
Loathsome canker lives in sweetest bud.
O, what may man within him hide,
Though angel on the outward side!
O, what may man within him hide,
Though angel on the outward side!
No Church-yard is so handsom, that a man would desire straight to
bee buried there.
No Church-yard is so handsom, that a man would desire straight to
bee buried there.
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might.
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might.
Apollo does not always bend his bow.
Apollo does not always bend his bow.
Open rebuke is better than secret love.
Open rebuke is better than secret love.
Give thy thoughts no tongue.
Give thy thoughts no tongue.
He who assists the wicked will in time rue it.
He who assists the wicked will in time rue it.