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Pleasure is often the introduction to pain.
Pleasure is often the introduction to pain.
Gifts enter every where without a wimble.
Gifts enter every where without a wimble.
One father is enough to governe one hundred sons, but not a
hundred sons one father.
One father is enough to governe one hundred sons, but not a
hundred sons one father.
It is peculiarly a fool's habit to discern the faults of others,
and to forget his own.
It is peculiarly a fool's habit to discern the faults of others,
and to forget his own.
He who takes the profit ought also to take the labour.
He who takes the profit ought also to take the labour.
Disgraces are like cherries, one drawes another.
Disgraces are like cherries, one drawes another.
The monarch drank that happy hour
The sweetest, noblest draught of power.
The monarch drank that happy hour
The sweetest, noblest draught of power.
Though the power be wanting, the will deserves praise.
Though the power be wanting, the will deserves praise.
A well-bred youth neither speakes of himselfe, nor being spoken
to is silent.
A well-bred youth neither speakes of himselfe, nor being spoken
to is silent.