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Fidelity, purchased with money, money can destroy.
Fidelity, purchased with money, money can destroy.
He that makes his bed ill, lies there.
He that makes his bed ill, lies there.
A light breath fans the flame, a violent gust extinguishes it.
A light breath fans the flame, a violent gust extinguishes it.
Straining breaks the bow, and relaxation relieves the mind.
[Lat., Arcum intensio frangit, animum remissio.]
Straining breaks the bow, and relaxation relieves the mind.
[Lat., Arcum intensio frangit, animum remissio.]
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale.
Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale.
It is not every man that can afford to go to Corinth.
It is not every man that can afford to go to Corinth.
Give a man enough rope and he'll hang himself.
Give a man enough rope and he'll hang himself.
An ill labourer quarrells with his tooles.
An ill labourer quarrells with his tooles.
