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The world itself is too small for the covetous.
The world itself is too small for the covetous.
When a man sleepes, his head is in his stomach.
When a man sleepes, his head is in his stomach.
The mind does not easily unlearn what it has been long in
learning.
The mind does not easily unlearn what it has been long in
learning.
Familiarity breeds contempt.
[Lat., Nimia familiaritas parit contemptum.]
Familiarity breeds contempt.
[Lat., Nimia familiaritas parit contemptum.]
Our rash faults
Make trivial price of serious thing we have,
Not knowing them until we know read more
Our rash faults
Make trivial price of serious thing we have,
Not knowing them until we know their grave.
Nothing is more acceptable to a man, than a friend in time of
need.
Nothing is more acceptable to a man, than a friend in time of
need.
He who desires to become rich, wishes to become so as quickly as
possible.
He who desires to become rich, wishes to become so as quickly as
possible.
He sins not, who is not wilfully a sinner.
He sins not, who is not wilfully a sinner.
You made this mess yourself, and now you must eat it all up.
You made this mess yourself, and now you must eat it all up.