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Fidelity, purchased with money, money can destroy.
Fidelity, purchased with money, money can destroy.
It is not to be argued that the abuse of a thing proves that it
is useless.
It is not to be argued that the abuse of a thing proves that it
is useless.
Here I stand the perpetrator of the crime--turn then your sword
on me.
Here I stand the perpetrator of the crime--turn then your sword
on me.
To have nothing is not poverty.
[Lat., Non est paupertas, Nestor, habere nihil.]
To have nothing is not poverty.
[Lat., Non est paupertas, Nestor, habere nihil.]
Who friendship with a knave hath made,
Is judg'd a partner in the trade.
Who friendship with a knave hath made,
Is judg'd a partner in the trade.
Their hearts sweat with undivulged guilt.
Their hearts sweat with undivulged guilt.
In doubtful matters boldness is everything.
In doubtful matters boldness is everything.
The Chicken is the Countries, but the Citie eats it.
The Chicken is the Countries, but the Citie eats it.
The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait.
The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait.