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I have cut my leg with my own adze.
I have cut my leg with my own adze.
Virtue is increased by the smile of approval; and the love of
renown is the greatest incentive to honourable read more
Virtue is increased by the smile of approval; and the love of
renown is the greatest incentive to honourable acts.
Without businesse debauchery.
Without businesse debauchery.
Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.
Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.
He that is once borne, once must dy.
He that is once borne, once must dy.
Great wit to madness sure is near allied,
And thin partitions do their bounds divide.
Great wit to madness sure is near allied,
And thin partitions do their bounds divide.
Be not ashamed to have had wild days, but not to have sown your
wild oats.
Be not ashamed to have had wild days, but not to have sown your
wild oats.