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Go West, young man, and grow up with the country.
Go West, young man, and grow up with the country.
Enjoy in happiness the pleasures which each hour brings with it.
Enjoy in happiness the pleasures which each hour brings with it.
A man of three letters, " F U R."
A man of three letters, " F U R."
One eye-witness is better than ten hearsays.
One eye-witness is better than ten hearsays.
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
Swiftly our pleasures glide away,
Our hearts recall the distant day
With many sighs.
Swiftly our pleasures glide away,
Our hearts recall the distant day
With many sighs.
The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
[Lat., Accerima proximorum odia.]
The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
[Lat., Accerima proximorum odia.]
Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions than ruined
by too confident a security.
Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions than ruined
by too confident a security.
Better spare to have of thine own, then aske of other men.
Better spare to have of thine own, then aske of other men.