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Every one who repeats it adds something to the scandal. [The
rolling snow-ball.]
Every one who repeats it adds something to the scandal. [The
rolling snow-ball.]
An idle head is a boxe for the winde.
An idle head is a boxe for the winde.
Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.
[Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]
Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.
[Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]
The little cannot bee great, unlesse he devoure many.
The little cannot bee great, unlesse he devoure many.
The goate must browse where she is tyed.
The goate must browse where she is tyed.
He who repents of his fault is almost guiltless.
He who repents of his fault is almost guiltless.
So much greater is our thirst for glory than for virtue.
So much greater is our thirst for glory than for virtue.
A name, it has more than nominal worth,
And belongs to good or bad luck at birth.
A name, it has more than nominal worth,
And belongs to good or bad luck at birth.
Success gives the character of honesty to some classes of
wickedness.
Success gives the character of honesty to some classes of
wickedness.