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The mind that is anxious about the future is miserable.
[Lat., Calamitosus est animus futuri anxius.]
The mind that is anxious about the future is miserable.
[Lat., Calamitosus est animus futuri anxius.]
No sooner is a Temple built to God but the Devill builds a
Chappell hard by.
[No sooner read more
No sooner is a Temple built to God but the Devill builds a
Chappell hard by.
[No sooner is a Temple built to God but the Devil builds a chapel
hard by.]
When a man is pleased with the lot of others, he is dissatisfied
with his own, as a matter read more
When a man is pleased with the lot of others, he is dissatisfied
with his own, as a matter of course.
When you have set yourself a task finish it.
When you have set yourself a task finish it.
Slow rises worth by poverty depressed.
Slow rises worth by poverty depressed.
That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.
A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.
He that dies without the company of good men puts not himselfe
into a good way.
He that dies without the company of good men puts not himselfe
into a good way.
Honour without profit is a ring on the finger.
Honour without profit is a ring on the finger.
