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Ourselves are to ourselves the cause of ill.
Ourselves are to ourselves the cause of ill.
You cannot know wine by the barrell.
[You cannot know the wine by the barrel.]
You cannot know wine by the barrell.
[You cannot know the wine by the barrel.]
The Lame goes as farre as your staggerer.
The Lame goes as farre as your staggerer.
Custom is second nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo est secunda natura.]
Custom is second nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo est secunda natura.]
He who boasts of his pedigree praises that which does not belong
to him.
He who boasts of his pedigree praises that which does not belong
to him.
No tye can oblige the perfidious.
[No tie can oblige the perfidious.]
No tye can oblige the perfidious.
[No tie can oblige the perfidious.]
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.
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
Not to create confusion in what is clear, but to throw light on
what is obscure.
Not to create confusion in what is clear, but to throw light on
what is obscure.
