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Add a sprinkling of folly to your long deliberations.
Add a sprinkling of folly to your long deliberations.
O, that men's ears should be
To counsel deaf, but not to flattery!
O, that men's ears should be
To counsel deaf, but not to flattery!
When you are an Anvill, hold you still; when you are a hammer,
strike your fill.
When you are an Anvill, hold you still; when you are a hammer,
strike your fill.
If you are capable of submitting to insult you ought to be
insulted.
If you are capable of submitting to insult you ought to be
insulted.
Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune.
Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune.
Silence gives consent.
[Lat., Qui tacet, consentire videtur.]
Silence gives consent.
[Lat., Qui tacet, consentire videtur.]
He who desires to become rich, wishes to become so as quickly as
possible.
He who desires to become rich, wishes to become so as quickly as
possible.
The heart of kings is unsearchable.
The heart of kings is unsearchable.
Seeing is different than being told.
Seeing is different than being told.
