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Adversity's sweet milk, philosophy.
Adversity's sweet milk, philosophy.
Old wine, and an old friend, are good provisions.
Old wine, and an old friend, are good provisions.
Strike the iron whilst it is hot.
Strike the iron whilst it is hot.
Every epigram should resemble a bee; it should have sting, honey,
and brevity.
Every epigram should resemble a bee; it should have sting, honey,
and brevity.
Hee that hath charge of soules transports them not in bundles.
Hee that hath charge of soules transports them not in bundles.
Dally not with mony or women.
Dally not with mony or women.
So get the start of the majestic world
And bear the palm alone.
So get the start of the majestic world
And bear the palm alone.
We but teach
Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return
To plague the inventor.
We but teach
Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return
To plague the inventor.
Learned or unlearned we all must be scribbling.
Learned or unlearned we all must be scribbling.