The way is an ill neighbour.

The way is an ill neighbour.

Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a
fall.

Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a
fall.

I am not what I once was.
[Lat., Non sum qualis eram.]

I am not what I once was.
[Lat., Non sum qualis eram.]

Tender-handed stroke a nettle,
And it stings you for your pains;
Grasp it like a man of read more

Tender-handed stroke a nettle,
And it stings you for your pains;
Grasp it like a man of mettle,
And it soft as silk remains.
'Tis the same with common natures,
Use 'em kindly, they rebel;
But, be rough as nutmeg-graters,
And the rogues obey you well.

He who would not be indolent, let him fall in love.

He who would not be indolent, let him fall in love.

Whatsoever was the father of a disease, an ill dyet was the
mother.

Whatsoever was the father of a disease, an ill dyet was the
mother.

A wolfe will never make war against another wolfe.

A wolfe will never make war against another wolfe.

A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.

A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.

Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
read more

Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
[Lat., Medio de fonte leporum
Surgit amari aliquid, quod in ipsis floribus angat.]