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Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves.
[Lat., Saepe intereunt aliis meditantes necem.]
Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves.
[Lat., Saepe intereunt aliis meditantes necem.]
To fine folkes a little ill finely wrapt.
To fine folkes a little ill finely wrapt.
Good newes may bee told at any time, but ill in the morning.
Good newes may bee told at any time, but ill in the morning.
Get wealth and power, if possible by grace,
If not, by any means, get wealth and place.
Get wealth and power, if possible by grace,
If not, by any means, get wealth and place.
There is more talke then trouble.
There is more talke then trouble.
A great fortune is a great slavery.
A great fortune is a great slavery.
No naked man is sought after to be rifled.
No naked man is sought after to be rifled.
I see the better course and approve of it; I follow, alas! the
worse!
I see the better course and approve of it; I follow, alas! the
worse!
Whose nature is so far from doing harms,
That he suspects none.
Whose nature is so far from doing harms,
That he suspects none.