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Hastiness is the beginning of wrath, and its end repentance.
Hastiness is the beginning of wrath, and its end repentance.
He puls with a long rope, that waits for anothers death.
He puls with a long rope, that waits for anothers death.
I'll have a fling.
I'll have a fling.
New customs,
Though they be never so ridiculous,
(Nay, let 'em be unmanly), yet are followed.
New customs,
Though they be never so ridiculous,
(Nay, let 'em be unmanly), yet are followed.
That which is not forbidden, is not on that account permitted.
That which is not forbidden, is not on that account permitted.
Law sutes consume time, and mony, and rest, and friends.
Law sutes consume time, and mony, and rest, and friends.
To place yourself under an obligation is to sell your liberty.
To place yourself under an obligation is to sell your liberty.
Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.
[Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]
Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.
[Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]
All is well with him, who is beloved of his neighbours.
All is well with him, who is beloved of his neighbours.