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It's not good fishing before the net.
It's not good fishing before the net.
There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.
There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.
Married in haste we may repent at leisure.
Married in haste we may repent at leisure.
No money, no Swiss.
[Fr., Point d'argent, point de Suisse.]
No money, no Swiss.
[Fr., Point d'argent, point de Suisse.]
Such as she is, who died to-day,
Such thou alas! mayst be to-morrow.
Such as she is, who died to-day,
Such thou alas! mayst be to-morrow.
That, like an eagle in a dovecote, I
Fluttered your Volscians in Corioles.
That, like an eagle in a dovecote, I
Fluttered your Volscians in Corioles.
Praise day at night, and life at the end.
Praise day at night, and life at the end.
Little pitchers have wide eares.
[Little pitchers have wide ears.]
Little pitchers have wide eares.
[Little pitchers have wide ears.]
That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.