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In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
Nothing is more obnoxious than a low person raised to a high
position.
Nothing is more obnoxious than a low person raised to a high
position.
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
It will please though ten times repeated.
It will please though ten times repeated.
Stay till the lame messenger come, if you will know the truth of
the thing.
Stay till the lame messenger come, if you will know the truth of
the thing.
He has hay upon his horn. [He is a mischievous person.]
He has hay upon his horn. [He is a mischievous person.]
He that measures not himselfe, is measured.
He that measures not himselfe, is measured.
Let ease and rest at times be given to the weary.
Let ease and rest at times be given to the weary.
In a good house all is quickly ready.
In a good house all is quickly ready.