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The ballance distinguisheth not betweene gold and lead.
The ballance distinguisheth not betweene gold and lead.
When men grow virtuous in their old age they are merely making a
sacrifice to God of the devil's read more
When men grow virtuous in their old age they are merely making a
sacrifice to God of the devil's leavings.
Anger manages everything badly.
Anger manages everything badly.
He who has once made himself notorious as utterly unprincipled,
is not credited even when he speaks the truth.
He who has once made himself notorious as utterly unprincipled,
is not credited even when he speaks the truth.
On with the dance, let joy be unconfined.
On with the dance, let joy be unconfined.
No man ever properly calculates from time to time what it is his
duty to avoid.
No man ever properly calculates from time to time what it is his
duty to avoid.
Some mute, inglorious Milton here may rest.
Some mute, inglorious Milton here may rest.
The holydays of joy are the vigils of sorrow.
The holydays of joy are the vigils of sorrow.
His bark is worse than his bite.
His bark is worse than his bite.
