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While tears that from repentance flow,
In bright exhalement reach the skies.
While tears that from repentance flow,
In bright exhalement reach the skies.
If you reveal your secrets to the wind you should not blame the
wind for revealing them to the read more
If you reveal your secrets to the wind you should not blame the
wind for revealing them to the trees.
He that doth what he should not, shall feele what he would not.
He that doth what he should not, shall feele what he would not.
Mystery magnifies danger, as the fog does the sun.
Mystery magnifies danger, as the fog does the sun.
A scab'd horse cannot abide the comb.
A scab'd horse cannot abide the comb.
He that commits a fault, thinkes every one speakes of it.
He that commits a fault, thinkes every one speakes of it.
Ourselves are to ourselves the cause of ill.
Ourselves are to ourselves the cause of ill.
Straining breaks the bow, and relaxation relieves the mind.
[Lat., Arcum intensio frangit, animum remissio.]
Straining breaks the bow, and relaxation relieves the mind.
[Lat., Arcum intensio frangit, animum remissio.]
