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Fall back upon a name? rest, rot in that?
Not keep it noble, make it nobler? Fools!
Fall back upon a name? rest, rot in that?
Not keep it noble, make it nobler? Fools!
Anger should never appear in awarding punishment.
Anger should never appear in awarding punishment.
Nothing is difficult in the eyes of a lover.
Nothing is difficult in the eyes of a lover.
Gluttony kills more then the sword.
[Gluttony kills more than the sword.]
Gluttony kills more then the sword.
[Gluttony kills more than the sword.]
You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
No rule is so general, which admits not some exception.
No rule is so general, which admits not some exception.
When God is made the master of a family, he disorders the
disorderly.
When God is made the master of a family, he disorders the
disorderly.
The eye is bigger then the belly.
[The eye is bigger than the belly.]
The eye is bigger then the belly.
[The eye is bigger than the belly.]