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No thanks attach to a kindness long deferred.
No thanks attach to a kindness long deferred.
All griefes with bread are lesse.
All griefes with bread are lesse.
He who trusts himself for safety to the care of a wicked man, in
seeking succour meets with ruin.
He who trusts himself for safety to the care of a wicked man, in
seeking succour meets with ruin.
He who speaks ill of an absent friend, or fails to take his part
if attacked by another, that read more
He who speaks ill of an absent friend, or fails to take his part
if attacked by another, that man is a scoundrel.
A City that parlies is half gotten.
A City that parlies is half gotten.
He that thinks amiss, concludes worse.
He that thinks amiss, concludes worse.
Gain, acquired by many agents, soon accumulates.
Gain, acquired by many agents, soon accumulates.
He that takes not up a pin, slights his wife.
He that takes not up a pin, slights his wife.
A mountaine and a river are good neighbours.
A mountaine and a river are good neighbours.