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Gaming, women, and wine, while they laugh they make men pine.
Gaming, women, and wine, while they laugh they make men pine.
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.]
Even to smile at the misfortunes of others is to do an injury.
Even to smile at the misfortunes of others is to do an injury.
It is good to be taught even by an enemy.
It is good to be taught even by an enemy.
The slothful is the servant of the counters.
The slothful is the servant of the counters.
In trying to be concise I become obscure.
In trying to be concise I become obscure.
In a Leopard the spotts are not observed.
In a Leopard the spotts are not observed.
Men at some times are masters of their fates.
Men at some times are masters of their fates.