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But what avail'd this temperance, not complete
Against another object more enticing?
But what avail'd this temperance, not complete
Against another object more enticing?
The next way home's the farthest way about.
The next way home's the farthest way about.
The cask will long retain the flavour of the wine with which it
was first seasoned.
The cask will long retain the flavour of the wine with which it
was first seasoned.
A Tyrant is most tyrant to himselfe.
A Tyrant is most tyrant to himselfe.
If any would not work, neither shall he eat.
If any would not work, neither shall he eat.
Ill blows the wind that profits nobody.
Ill blows the wind that profits nobody.
A City that parlies is half gotten.
A City that parlies is half gotten.
In avoiding one evil we fall into another, if we use not
discretion.
In avoiding one evil we fall into another, if we use not
discretion.
He that plaies his mony ought not to value it.
He that plaies his mony ought not to value it.