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Know thyself.
[Lat., Ne quis nimis. (From the Greek)]
Know thyself.
[Lat., Ne quis nimis. (From the Greek)]
When men grow virtuous in their old age they are merely making a
sacrifice to God of the devil's read more
When men grow virtuous in their old age they are merely making a
sacrifice to God of the devil's leavings.
The great would have none great and the little all little.
The great would have none great and the little all little.
Like a dog he hunts in dreams.
Like a dog he hunts in dreams.
He will go back to the old faith he learnt
Beside his mother's knee.
He will go back to the old faith he learnt
Beside his mother's knee.
It is best to know the worst at once.
It is best to know the worst at once.
Life is halfe spent before we know what it is.
Life is halfe spent before we know what it is.
In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
No Church-yard is so handsom, that a man would desire straight to
bee buried there.
No Church-yard is so handsom, that a man would desire straight to
bee buried there.
