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The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy
pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the read more
The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy
pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the position of others,
dissatisfied with our own.]
Of a new Prince, new bondage.
Of a new Prince, new bondage.
Let your mind, happily contented with the present, care not what
the morrow will bring with it.
Let your mind, happily contented with the present, care not what
the morrow will bring with it.
To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.
To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.
Between the businesse of life and the day of death, a space ought
to be interposed.
Between the businesse of life and the day of death, a space ought
to be interposed.
Lips that touch liquor will never touch mine.
Lips that touch liquor will never touch mine.
It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day
Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain-tops.
Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day
Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain-tops.
