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Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all.
Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all.
The secret wound still lives within the breast.
[Lat., Tacitum vivit sub pectore vulnus.]
The secret wound still lives within the breast.
[Lat., Tacitum vivit sub pectore vulnus.]
God sends meat, and the Devil sends cooks.
God sends meat, and the Devil sends cooks.
Do not expect good from another's death.
Do not expect good from another's death.
Thinking to bite something soft, he found it hard. [Catching a
Tartar]
Thinking to bite something soft, he found it hard. [Catching a
Tartar]
He that's foolish in the fault, let him be wise in the
punishment.
He that's foolish in the fault, let him be wise in the
punishment.
To err is human, to forgive, divine.
To err is human, to forgive, divine.
He will not carry his wealth to the waters of Acheron.
He will not carry his wealth to the waters of Acheron.
The best things in life are free.
The best things in life are free.
