Maxioms by Bidpai (pilpay)
It has been the providence of Nature to give this creature [the
cat] nine lives instead of one.
It has been the providence of Nature to give this creature [the
cat] nine lives instead of one.
There are some who bear a grudge even to those that do them good.
There are some who bear a grudge even to those that do them good.
Guilty consciences always make people cowards.
Guilty consciences always make people cowards.
Honest men esteem and value nothing so much in this world as a
real friend. Such a one is read more
Honest men esteem and value nothing so much in this world as a
real friend. Such a one is as it were another self, to whom we
impart our most secret thoughts, who partakes of our joy, and
comforts us in our affliction; add to this, that his company is
an everlasting pleasure to us.
That possession was the strongest tenure of the law.
That possession was the strongest tenure of the law.