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He who asks with timidity invites a refusal.
He who asks with timidity invites a refusal.
Three helping one another, beare the burthen of sixe.
Three helping one another, beare the burthen of sixe.
You stick in the same mire.
You stick in the same mire.
The soft speeches of the wicked are full of deceit.
The soft speeches of the wicked are full of deceit.
It is part of the cure to wish to be cured.
[Lat., Pars sanitatis velle sanari fruit.]
It is part of the cure to wish to be cured.
[Lat., Pars sanitatis velle sanari fruit.]
Drooping along the ground the vine misses its widowed elm.
Drooping along the ground the vine misses its widowed elm.
Success gives the character of honesty to some classes of
wickedness.
Success gives the character of honesty to some classes of
wickedness.