The shortest follies are the best.
[Fr., Les plus courtes folies sont les meilleures.]

The shortest follies are the best.
[Fr., Les plus courtes folies sont les meilleures.]

The fire i' the flint
Shows not till it be struck.

The fire i' the flint
Shows not till it be struck.

That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat
Of habit's devil.

That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat
Of habit's devil.

When a man is pleased with the lot of others, he is dissatisfied
with his own, as a matter read more

When a man is pleased with the lot of others, he is dissatisfied
with his own, as a matter of course.

An angelic boyhood becomes a Satanic old age.
[Lat., Angelicus juvenis senibus satanizat in annis.]

An angelic boyhood becomes a Satanic old age.
[Lat., Angelicus juvenis senibus satanizat in annis.]

An injury may prove a blessing.

An injury may prove a blessing.

Here, or nowhere, is the thing we seek.

Here, or nowhere, is the thing we seek.

Good words quench more then a bucket of water.

Good words quench more then a bucket of water.

Honesty's a fool
And loses that it works for.

Honesty's a fool
And loses that it works for.