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Fortune favours the bold.
Fortune favours the bold.
Who spits against heaven, it falls in his face.
Who spits against heaven, it falls in his face.
Which of these two is the greater fool?
Which of these two is the greater fool?
I shall speak facts; but some will say I deal in fiction.
I shall speak facts; but some will say I deal in fiction.
Souldiers in peace are like chimneys in summer.
Souldiers in peace are like chimneys in summer.
Art is long, and Time is fleeting,
And out hearts, though stout and brave,
Still, like muffled read more
Art is long, and Time is fleeting,
And out hearts, though stout and brave,
Still, like muffled drums, are beating
Funeral marches to the grave.
Happy is he who can trace effects to their causes.
Happy is he who can trace effects to their causes.
Every tub must stand upon its bottom.
Every tub must stand upon its bottom.
Hee that loves the tree, loves the branch.
Hee that loves the tree, loves the branch.