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With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
Ourselves are to ourselves the cause of ill.
Ourselves are to ourselves the cause of ill.
Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind
without rain.
Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind
without rain.
The world itself is too small for the covetous.
The world itself is too small for the covetous.
There is no disputing about taste.
[Lat., De gustibus non disputandum.]
There is no disputing about taste.
[Lat., De gustibus non disputandum.]
The ears that gape after secrets retain not faithfully what is
entrusted to them.
The ears that gape after secrets retain not faithfully what is
entrusted to them.
Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just,
And he but naked, though locked up in steel,
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Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just,
And he but naked, though locked up in steel,
Whose conscience with injustice is corrupted.
Tears ready to do duty at a minute's notice.
Tears ready to do duty at a minute's notice.
He like a rock in the sea unshaken stands his ground.
He like a rock in the sea unshaken stands his ground.
