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Comparisons are odious.
Comparisons are odious.
Living well is the best revenge.
Living well is the best revenge.
Now clothed like a Roman, now like a Greek. [An inconstant,
perfidious man.]
Now clothed like a Roman, now like a Greek. [An inconstant,
perfidious man.]
Those, who in quarrels interpose,
Must often wipe a bloody nose.
Those, who in quarrels interpose,
Must often wipe a bloody nose.
A fool's bolt is soon shot.
A fool's bolt is soon shot.
That wife is an enemy to her husband who is given in marriage
against her will.
That wife is an enemy to her husband who is given in marriage
against her will.
Just then, as by the tumult riven,
Poured down at once the lowering heaven.
Just then, as by the tumult riven,
Poured down at once the lowering heaven.
A hand may first, and then a lip be kiss'd.
A hand may first, and then a lip be kiss'd.
He that once deceives is ever suspected.
He that once deceives is ever suspected.