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To love is a pleasure of youth, a sin in old age.
To love is a pleasure of youth, a sin in old age.
Occupy yourself, and you will be out of harm's way.
Occupy yourself, and you will be out of harm's way.
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.]
Nor has he lived in vain, who from his cradle to his grave has
passed his life in seclusion.
Nor has he lived in vain, who from his cradle to his grave has
passed his life in seclusion.
How use doth breed a habit in a man!
How use doth breed a habit in a man!
Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.
Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.
It costs more to doe ill then to doe well.
It costs more to doe ill then to doe well.
Much will always wanting be
To him who much desires.
Much will always wanting be
To him who much desires.
Let nothing offensive to the ear or the eye enter these
thresholds, within which youth dwells.
Let nothing offensive to the ear or the eye enter these
thresholds, within which youth dwells.