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He who is first in time has the prior right.
He who is first in time has the prior right.
Gifts enter every where without a wimble.
Gifts enter every where without a wimble.
It is, I believe, better to restrain the passions of youth by a
sense of shame, and by conciliatory read more
It is, I believe, better to restrain the passions of youth by a
sense of shame, and by conciliatory means, than by fear.
To a crafty man, a crafty and an halfe.
To a crafty man, a crafty and an halfe.
Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.
Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.
An old dog barks not in vain.
An old dog barks not in vain.
An angelic boyhood becomes a Satanic old age.
[Lat., Angelicus juvenis senibus satanizat in annis.]
An angelic boyhood becomes a Satanic old age.
[Lat., Angelicus juvenis senibus satanizat in annis.]
An ill labourer quarrells with his tooles.
An ill labourer quarrells with his tooles.
Silke doth quench the fire in the Kitchin.
Silke doth quench the fire in the Kitchin.