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Good hay, sweet hay, hath no fellow.
Good hay, sweet hay, hath no fellow.
Teaching brings out innate powers, and proper training braces the
intellect.
Teaching brings out innate powers, and proper training braces the
intellect.
Nothing is so intolerable as a woman with a long purse.
Nothing is so intolerable as a woman with a long purse.
Those presents are the most acceptable which are enhanced by our
regard for the donor.
Those presents are the most acceptable which are enhanced by our
regard for the donor.
It is an honourable thing to be merciful to the vanquished.
It is an honourable thing to be merciful to the vanquished.
We but teach
Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return
To plague the inventor.
We but teach
Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return
To plague the inventor.
That which has been endured with difficulty is remedied with
delight.
That which has been endured with difficulty is remedied with
delight.
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.
Old praise dies, unlesse you feede it.
Old praise dies, unlesse you feede it.