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Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth
the law, happy is he.
Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth
the law, happy is he.
Many diseases may be cured by abstinence.
Many diseases may be cured by abstinence.
We suffer more in imagination than in reality.
We suffer more in imagination than in reality.
Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all.
Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all.
He whom the gods love dies young, whilst he is full of health,
perception, and judgment.
[Lat., Quem read more
He whom the gods love dies young, whilst he is full of health,
perception, and judgment.
[Lat., Quem dii diligunt,
Adolescens moritur, dum valet, sentit, sapit.]
Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
An ill wound is cured, not an ill name.
An ill wound is cured, not an ill name.
Passion and shame torment him, and rage is mingled with his
grief.
Passion and shame torment him, and rage is mingled with his
grief.
Dry feet, warme head, bring safe to bed.
Dry feet, warme head, bring safe to bed.
