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Great strokes make not sweete musick.
Great strokes make not sweete musick.
Giving is dead, restoring very sicke.
Giving is dead, restoring very sicke.
No hour brings good fortune to one man without bringing
misfortune to another.
No hour brings good fortune to one man without bringing
misfortune to another.
To persevere
In obstinate condolement is a course
Of impious stubbornness: 'tis unmanly grief.
To persevere
In obstinate condolement is a course
Of impious stubbornness: 'tis unmanly grief.
For no one cares for matrimonial cooings,
There's nothing wrong in a connubial kiss.
For no one cares for matrimonial cooings,
There's nothing wrong in a connubial kiss.
He is not poore that hath little, but he that desireth much.
He is not poore that hath little, but he that desireth much.
The remedy is worse than the disease.
The remedy is worse than the disease.
A stone in a well is not lost.
A stone in a well is not lost.
Stay till the lame messenger come, if you will know the truth of
the thing.
Stay till the lame messenger come, if you will know the truth of
the thing.