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Speech is silvern, silence is golden.
Speech is silvern, silence is golden.
Hee is a foole that thinks not that another thinks.
Hee is a foole that thinks not that another thinks.
Dogs are fine in the field.
Dogs are fine in the field.
Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
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Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
[Lat., Medio de fonte leporum
Surgit amari aliquid, quod in ipsis floribus angat.]
How to conduct yourself properly before your superiors.
How to conduct yourself properly before your superiors.
A fair day in winter is the mother of a storme.
A fair day in winter is the mother of a storme.
While we are making up our minds as to when we shall begin. the
opportunity is lost.
While we are making up our minds as to when we shall begin. the
opportunity is lost.
When a woman is undisguisedly bad, then indeed she is good.
[Comparatively speaking, as she at least lacks deception.]
When a woman is undisguisedly bad, then indeed she is good.
[Comparatively speaking, as she at least lacks deception.]
Thou will scare be a man before thy mother.
Thou will scare be a man before thy mother.