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He who gives himself airs of importance, exhibits the credentials
of impotence.
He who gives himself airs of importance, exhibits the credentials
of impotence.
There is more of bitterness than good nature in him.
There is more of bitterness than good nature in him.
War should neither be feared nor provoked.
War should neither be feared nor provoked.
A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.
A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.
Stained
With grief, that's beauty's canter.
Stained
With grief, that's beauty's canter.
What you keep by you, you may change and mend;
But words once spoke can never be recall'd.
What you keep by you, you may change and mend;
But words once spoke can never be recall'd.
Take heede of the viniger of sweet wine.
Take heede of the viniger of sweet wine.
Autumnall Agues are long, or mortall.
Autumnall Agues are long, or mortall.
Every man's friend is no man's friend.
Every man's friend is no man's friend.