The only gain from the friendship of the great is a fine dinner.

The only gain from the friendship of the great is a fine dinner.

She never told her love,
But let concealment, like a worm i' th' bud,
Feed on her read more

She never told her love,
But let concealment, like a worm i' th' bud,
Feed on her damask cheek. She pined in thought;
And, with a green and yellow melancholy,
She sat like Patience on a monument,
Smiling at grief.

If the destructive dice-box has pleasures for the father, the son
will be a gambler.

If the destructive dice-box has pleasures for the father, the son
will be a gambler.

Sound conviction should influence us rather than public opinion.

Sound conviction should influence us rather than public opinion.

One houres sleepe before midnight is worth three after.
[One hour's sleep before midnight is worth three after.]

One houres sleepe before midnight is worth three after.
[One hour's sleep before midnight is worth three after.]

Neither do men put new wine into old bottles.

Neither do men put new wine into old bottles.

A hungry man, an angry man.

A hungry man, an angry man.

In vain will you fly from one vice if in your wilfulness you
embrace another.

In vain will you fly from one vice if in your wilfulness you
embrace another.

Nothing moves more quickly than scandal.

Nothing moves more quickly than scandal.