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Charity begins at home.
[Lat., Proximus sum egomet mihi.]
Charity begins at home.
[Lat., Proximus sum egomet mihi.]
Good is to bee sought out, and evill attended.
Good is to bee sought out, and evill attended.
Loveliness
Needs not the foreign aid of ornament,
But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most.
Loveliness
Needs not the foreign aid of ornament,
But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most.
Hee that repaires not a part, builds all.
Hee that repaires not a part, builds all.
He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
One picture is worth ten thousand words.
One picture is worth ten thousand words.
Who gathers thistles, may expect pricks.
Who gathers thistles, may expect pricks.
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.
We must every one be a man of his own fancy.
We must every one be a man of his own fancy.