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Springes to catch woodcocks.
Springes to catch woodcocks.
Savage bears agree with one another.
Savage bears agree with one another.
To have nothing is not poverty.
[Lat., Non est paupertas, Nestor, habere nihil.]
To have nothing is not poverty.
[Lat., Non est paupertas, Nestor, habere nihil.]
To each man at his birth nature has given some fault.
To each man at his birth nature has given some fault.
It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled.
It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled.
An old man at school is a contemptible and ridiculous object.
An old man at school is a contemptible and ridiculous object.
Which of these two is the greater fool?
Which of these two is the greater fool?
Great cowardice is hidden by a bluster of daring.
Great cowardice is hidden by a bluster of daring.