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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.]
Some flowers of Eden ye yet inherit,
But the trail of the serpent is over them all.
Some flowers of Eden ye yet inherit,
But the trail of the serpent is over them all.
Take heed of mad folks in a narrow place.
Take heed of mad folks in a narrow place.
The smell of money is good, come whence it may. [Alluding to
Vespasian's tax on ordure.]
The smell of money is good, come whence it may. [Alluding to
Vespasian's tax on ordure.]
Every man's censure is first moulded in his own nature.
Every man's censure is first moulded in his own nature.
Better to be blinde, then to see ill.
Better to be blinde, then to see ill.
To gain a livelihood at the expense of all that makes life worth
the having.
To gain a livelihood at the expense of all that makes life worth
the having.
What we can have as a matter of course, is not valued; what is
denied we eagerly covet.
What we can have as a matter of course, is not valued; what is
denied we eagerly covet.
