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Here's metal more attractive.
Here's metal more attractive.
Three things are men most likely to be cheated in, a horse, a
wig, and a wife.
Three things are men most likely to be cheated in, a horse, a
wig, and a wife.
No rule is so general, which admits not some exception.
No rule is so general, which admits not some exception.
He never sought to stem the current. [Of a statesman who
accommodates his views to public opinion.]
He never sought to stem the current. [Of a statesman who
accommodates his views to public opinion.]
And with them words of so sweet breath composed
As made the things more rich.
And with them words of so sweet breath composed
As made the things more rich.
Defer no time; delays have dangerous ends.
Defer no time; delays have dangerous ends.
Ther's no great banquet but some fares ill.
Ther's no great banquet but some fares ill.
Fire that's closest kept, burns most of all.
Fire that's closest kept, burns most of all.
Not treasured wealth, nor the consul's lictor, can dispel the
mind's bitter conflicts and the cares that flit, like read more
Not treasured wealth, nor the consul's lictor, can dispel the
mind's bitter conflicts and the cares that flit, like bats, about
your fretted roofs.