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Pleasure is often the introduction to pain.
Pleasure is often the introduction to pain.
Pleasant is the recollection of dangers past.
Pleasant is the recollection of dangers past.
Beware of the young doctor and the old barber.
Beware of the young doctor and the old barber.
Heap on more wood! the wind is chill!
But let it whistle as it will,
We'll keep read more
Heap on more wood! the wind is chill!
But let it whistle as it will,
We'll keep up Christmas merry still.
A mouse relies not solely on one hole.
A mouse relies not solely on one hole.
Like lips like lettuce (i.e. like has met its like).
(Lat., Similem habent labra lactucam.]
Like lips like lettuce (i.e. like has met its like).
(Lat., Similem habent labra lactucam.]
That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
He who gives himself airs of importance, exhibits the credentials
of impotence.
He who gives himself airs of importance, exhibits the credentials
of impotence.