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Every one who repeats it adds something to the scandal. [The
rolling snow-ball.]
Every one who repeats it adds something to the scandal. [The
rolling snow-ball.]
There is a method in man's wickedness:
It grows up by degrees.
There is a method in man's wickedness:
It grows up by degrees.
I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts.
[Lat., Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes.]
I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts.
[Lat., Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes.]
It is folly to fear what cannot be avoided.
It is folly to fear what cannot be avoided.
A word spoken in due season, how good is it!
A word spoken in due season, how good is it!
I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word.
I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word.
The Jewes spend at Easter, the Moors at marriages, the Christians
in sutes.
The Jewes spend at Easter, the Moors at marriages, the Christians
in sutes.
If you would be wealthy, think of saving as well as getting.
If you would be wealthy, think of saving as well as getting.
All our sweetest hours fly fastest.
All our sweetest hours fly fastest.