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No mortal man is wise at all times.
No mortal man is wise at all times.
An angelic boyhood becomes a Satanic old age.
[Lat., Angelicus juvenis senibus satanizat in annis.]
An angelic boyhood becomes a Satanic old age.
[Lat., Angelicus juvenis senibus satanizat in annis.]
Impotent fury rages powerless and to no purpose.
Impotent fury rages powerless and to no purpose.
Numbers are intellectual witnesses that belong only to mankind.
Numbers are intellectual witnesses that belong only to mankind.
God made the country, and man made the town.
God made the country, and man made the town.
Every one is witty for his owne purpose.
Every one is witty for his owne purpose.
Good words are worth much, and cost little.
Good words are worth much, and cost little.
Only by the candle, held in the skeleton hand of Poverty, can man
read his own dark heart.
Only by the candle, held in the skeleton hand of Poverty, can man
read his own dark heart.
Who friendship with a knave hath made,
Is judg'd a partner in the trade.
Who friendship with a knave hath made,
Is judg'd a partner in the trade.