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Play with a foole at home, and he will play with you in the
market.
Play with a foole at home, and he will play with you in the
market.
Old wine, and an old friend, are good provisions.
Old wine, and an old friend, are good provisions.
Anger should never appear in awarding punishment.
Anger should never appear in awarding punishment.
It was the piece of straw that broke the camel's back.
It was the piece of straw that broke the camel's back.
Make all fair allowance for the mistakes of youth.
Make all fair allowance for the mistakes of youth.
Time puts an end to speculation in opinions, and confirms the
laws of nature.
Time puts an end to speculation in opinions, and confirms the
laws of nature.
Kings play the fool, and the people suffer for it.
Kings play the fool, and the people suffer for it.
So live with an inferior as you would wish a superior to live
with you.
So live with an inferior as you would wish a superior to live
with you.
At morn the blackcock trims his jetty wing,
'Tis morning prompts the linnet's blithest lay;
All Nature's read more
At morn the blackcock trims his jetty wing,
'Tis morning prompts the linnet's blithest lay;
All Nature's children feel the matin spring
Of life reviving, with reviving day.