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Your knowing a thing is nothing, unless another knows you know
it.
Your knowing a thing is nothing, unless another knows you know
it.
Charity begins at home.
[Lat., Proximus sum egomet mihi.]
Charity begins at home.
[Lat., Proximus sum egomet mihi.]
Apollo does not always bend his bow.
Apollo does not always bend his bow.
I am not now in fortune's power,
He that is down can fall no lower.
I am not now in fortune's power,
He that is down can fall no lower.
The smell of money is good, come whence it may. [Alluding to
Vespasian's tax on ordure.]
The smell of money is good, come whence it may. [Alluding to
Vespasian's tax on ordure.]
The world itself is too small for the covetous.
The world itself is too small for the covetous.
Must I give way and room to your rash choler?
Must I give way and room to your rash choler?
Sinnes are not knowne till they bee acted.
Sinnes are not knowne till they bee acted.
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.