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He enters the port with a full sail.
He enters the port with a full sail.
You cannot hide an eele in a sacke.
You cannot hide an eele in a sacke.
A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad,
will work out his ruin.
A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad,
will work out his ruin.
Give place to your superiors.
Give place to your superiors.
Honesty is the best policy.
Honesty is the best policy.
Thus the whirligig of time
Brings in his revenges.
Thus the whirligig of time
Brings in his revenges.
The eye is bigger then the belly.
[The eye is bigger than the belly.]
The eye is bigger then the belly.
[The eye is bigger than the belly.]
The Law is not the same at morning and at night.
The Law is not the same at morning and at night.
Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]
Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]