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To love is a pleasure of youth, a sin in old age.
To love is a pleasure of youth, a sin in old age.
I wrote these verses, but another claimed the merit of them.
I wrote these verses, but another claimed the merit of them.
Let not a god interfere unless where a god's assistance is
necessary. [Adopt extreme measures only in extreme cases.]
Let not a god interfere unless where a god's assistance is
necessary. [Adopt extreme measures only in extreme cases.]
The worst of law is, that one suit breedes twenty.
The worst of law is, that one suit breedes twenty.
The body is sooner drest then the soule.
The body is sooner drest then the soule.
Bad beginnings, bad endings.
Bad beginnings, bad endings.
Such men as fortune raises from a mean estate to the highest
elevation by way of a joke.
Such men as fortune raises from a mean estate to the highest
elevation by way of a joke.
If great men would have care of little ones, both would last
long.
If great men would have care of little ones, both would last
long.
Nothing is more audacious than these women when detected; they
assume anger, and take courage from the very crime read more
Nothing is more audacious than these women when detected; they
assume anger, and take courage from the very crime itself.