Disgraces are like cherries, one drawes another.

Disgraces are like cherries, one drawes another.

I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts.
[Lat., Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes.]

I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts.
[Lat., Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes.]

Married in haste we may repent at leisure.

Married in haste we may repent at leisure.

When the oak is before the ash, then you will only get a splash;
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When the oak is before the ash, then you will only get a splash;
when the ash is before the oak, then you may expect a soak.

To a good spender God is the Treasurer.

To a good spender God is the Treasurer.

Brighter than Parian marble.

Brighter than Parian marble.

Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh,
it is a tree of life.

Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh,
it is a tree of life.

Power call achieve more by gentle means than by violence.

Power call achieve more by gentle means than by violence.

Poverty needs much, avarice everything.

Poverty needs much, avarice everything.