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No man ever properly calculates from time to time what it is his
duty to avoid.

No man ever properly calculates from time to time what it is his
duty to avoid.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without
merit and lost without deserving.

Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without
merit and lost without deserving.

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Sorrow concealed, like an oven stopp'd,
Doth burn the heart to cinders, where it is.

Sorrow concealed, like an oven stopp'd,
Doth burn the heart to cinders, where it is.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just,
And he but naked, though locked up in steel,
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Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just,
And he but naked, though locked up in steel,
Whose conscience with injustice is corrupted.

by William Shakespeare Found in: General Sayings,
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The vices of idleness are only to be shaken off by active
employment.

The vices of idleness are only to be shaken off by active
employment.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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He that serves well needes not ask his wages.

He that serves well needes not ask his wages.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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To go where the King goes afoot (i.e. to the stool).

To go where the King goes afoot (i.e. to the stool).

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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That's the best gowne that goes up and downe the house.

That's the best gowne that goes up and downe the house.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.

A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.

by Sir Walter Scott Found in: General Sayings,
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