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When a woman is undisguisedly bad, then indeed she is good.
[Comparatively speaking, as she at least lacks deception.]
When a woman is undisguisedly bad, then indeed she is good.
[Comparatively speaking, as she at least lacks deception.]
He that hath no good trade, it is to his losse.
He that hath no good trade, it is to his losse.
Be not ashamed to have had wild days, but not to have sown your
wild oats.
Be not ashamed to have had wild days, but not to have sown your
wild oats.
Lawyers houses are built on the heads of fooles.
Lawyers houses are built on the heads of fooles.
The covetous are always in want.
The covetous are always in want.
We have not wings, we cannot soar,
But we have feet to scale and climb
By slow read more
We have not wings, we cannot soar,
But we have feet to scale and climb
By slow degrees, by more and more,
The cloudy summits of our time.
Sweet is the recollection of difficulties overcome.
Sweet is the recollection of difficulties overcome.
Originality provokes originality.
Originality provokes originality.
The vices of idleness are only to be shaken off by active
employment.
The vices of idleness are only to be shaken off by active
employment.