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Rare is the union of beauty and modesty.
Rare is the union of beauty and modesty.
The child is father of the man.
The child is father of the man.
That which I just now gave, I recall, and draw back the string.
That which I just now gave, I recall, and draw back the string.
The goddess was discovered by her gait.
The goddess was discovered by her gait.
He makes no friend who never made a foe.
He makes no friend who never made a foe.
Wine makes all sorts of creatures at table.
Wine makes all sorts of creatures at table.
Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.
[Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]
Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.
[Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]
The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.