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The crow bewailes the sheepe, and then eates it.
The crow bewailes the sheepe, and then eates it.
The child saies nothing, but what it heard by the fire.
The child saies nothing, but what it heard by the fire.
He who injures one man threatens many.
He who injures one man threatens many.
The maxims of men reveal their characters.
[Fr., Les maximes des hommes decelent leur coeur.]
The maxims of men reveal their characters.
[Fr., Les maximes des hommes decelent leur coeur.]
Happy the man who, removed from all cares of business, after the
manner of his forefathers cultivates with his read more
Happy the man who, removed from all cares of business, after the
manner of his forefathers cultivates with his own team his
paternal acres, freed from all thought of usury.
Gold delights to walk through the very midst of the guard, and to
break its way through hard rocks, read more
Gold delights to walk through the very midst of the guard, and to
break its way through hard rocks, more powerful in its blow than
lightning.
His eyes
Were with his heart. and that was far away.
His eyes
Were with his heart. and that was far away.
Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh.
Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh.
It is but the weak and little mind that rejoices in revenge.
It is but the weak and little mind that rejoices in revenge.
