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What mighty contests rise from trivial things.
What mighty contests rise from trivial things.
What a man does by the agency of another is his own act.
What a man does by the agency of another is his own act.
He who gives himself airs of importance, exhibits the credentials
of impotence.
He who gives himself airs of importance, exhibits the credentials
of impotence.
The deepest rivers flow with the least sound.
[Lat., Altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labuntur.]
The deepest rivers flow with the least sound.
[Lat., Altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labuntur.]
A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.
A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.
Felds hath eyen, and wode have eres.
Felds hath eyen, and wode have eres.
Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety.
Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety.
Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.
Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.
