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To each man at his birth nature has given some fault.
To each man at his birth nature has given some fault.
The poor man, while he apes the wealthy, effects his own ruin.
[The fable of frog and the cow.]
The poor man, while he apes the wealthy, effects his own ruin.
[The fable of frog and the cow.]
When a man sleepes, his head is in his stomach.
When a man sleepes, his head is in his stomach.
Fortune to one is Mother, to another is Step-mother.
Fortune to one is Mother, to another is Step-mother.
The cautious wolf fears the pit, the hawk regards with suspicion
the snare laid for her, and the fish read more
The cautious wolf fears the pit, the hawk regards with suspicion
the snare laid for her, and the fish the hook in its concealment.
Even when the wound is healed the scar remains.
Even when the wound is healed the scar remains.
There were no ill language, if it were not ill taken.
There were no ill language, if it were not ill taken.
They do not love that do not show their love.
They do not love that do not show their love.
Who paies the Physitian, does the cure.
Who paies the Physitian, does the cure.
