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Gloriously false. [Like Rahab.]
Gloriously false. [Like Rahab.]
To rise with the lark, and go to bed with the lamb.
To rise with the lark, and go to bed with the lamb.
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.
What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
[Lat., Idem Accio quod Titio jus esto.]
What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
[Lat., Idem Accio quod Titio jus esto.]
As the yellow gold is tried in the fire, so is sincerity tested
in adversity.
As the yellow gold is tried in the fire, so is sincerity tested
in adversity.
A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
Teaching brings out innate powers, and proper training braces the
intellect.
Teaching brings out innate powers, and proper training braces the
intellect.
Everyone has his besetting sin.
Everyone has his besetting sin.