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Patience is the remedy for every misfortune.
Patience is the remedy for every misfortune.
A good bargaine is a pick-purse.
A good bargaine is a pick-purse.
The swiftness of time is infinite, which is the more evident to
those who look back on what has read more
The swiftness of time is infinite, which is the more evident to
those who look back on what has passed.
When we have what we like 'tis hard to miss it.
When we have what we like 'tis hard to miss it.
A live dog is better than a dead lion.
A live dog is better than a dead lion.
He that feares leaves, let him not goe into the wood.
He that feares leaves, let him not goe into the wood.
He who has wronged you is either stronger or weaker than
yourself: be he weaker, spare him; be he read more
He who has wronged you is either stronger or weaker than
yourself: be he weaker, spare him; be he stronger, then spare
yourself.
Two other precious drops that ready stood,
Each, in their crystal sluice, he ere they fell
Kiss'd.
Two other precious drops that ready stood,
Each, in their crystal sluice, he ere they fell
Kiss'd.