Many friends in generall, one in speciall.

Many friends in generall, one in speciall.

Nae man can tether time nor tide.

Nae man can tether time nor tide.

When we our betters see bearing our woes,
We scarcely think our miseries our foes.

When we our betters see bearing our woes,
We scarcely think our miseries our foes.

There is as much love between you and me as between the wolf and
the lamb.

There is as much love between you and me as between the wolf and
the lamb.

Judge of a tree by its fruit, not by its leaves.

Judge of a tree by its fruit, not by its leaves.

But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.

But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.

I escaped the Thunder, and fell into the Lightning.

I escaped the Thunder, and fell into the Lightning.

When a woman is undisguisedly bad, then indeed she is good.
[Comparatively speaking, as she at least lacks deception.]

When a woman is undisguisedly bad, then indeed she is good.
[Comparatively speaking, as she at least lacks deception.]

Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.

Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.