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A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
Woes cluster; rare are solitary woes;
They love a train, they tread each other's heel.
Woes cluster; rare are solitary woes;
They love a train, they tread each other's heel.
He that mockes a cripple, ought to be whole.
He that mockes a cripple, ought to be whole.
Let each man have according to his deserts.
Let each man have according to his deserts.
'Tis strange, but true: for truth is always strange;
Stranger than fiction.
'Tis strange, but true: for truth is always strange;
Stranger than fiction.
Hee that eats the hard shall eate the ripe.
Hee that eats the hard shall eate the ripe.
If the wise erred not, it would goe hard with fooles.
If the wise erred not, it would goe hard with fooles.
Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.
Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.
Led on by impulse, and blind and ungovernable desires.
Led on by impulse, and blind and ungovernable desires.