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The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together;
our virtues would be proud read more
The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together;
our virtues would be proud if our faults whipped them not, and
our crimes would despair if they were not cherished by our
virtues.
He who will not grant a favour has no right to ask one.
He who will not grant a favour has no right to ask one.
Who doth his owne businesse, foules not his hands.
Who doth his owne businesse, foules not his hands.
In the same [hospitable] manner that a Calabrian would press you
to eat his pears.
In the same [hospitable] manner that a Calabrian would press you
to eat his pears.
It is a most miserable lot to be without an enemy. [No man can
be successful without being envied read more
It is a most miserable lot to be without an enemy. [No man can
be successful without being envied and hated.]
Who's to look after the keepers?
Who's to look after the keepers?
How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds
Makes ill deeds done.
How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds
Makes ill deeds done.
A good Judge conceives quickly, judges slowly.
A good Judge conceives quickly, judges slowly.
