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I am undone! I have smashed the waggon. [I have ruined all.]
I am undone! I have smashed the waggon. [I have ruined all.]
Omittance is no quittance.
Omittance is no quittance.
Grief diminishes when it has nothing to grow upon.
Grief diminishes when it has nothing to grow upon.
He is the least in want who is the least covetous.
He is the least in want who is the least covetous.
Silence gives consent.
[Lat., Qui tacet, consentire videtur.]
Silence gives consent.
[Lat., Qui tacet, consentire videtur.]
He who gives himself airs of importance, exhibits the credentials
of impotence.
He who gives himself airs of importance, exhibits the credentials
of impotence.
The foole askes much, but hee is more foole that grants it.
The foole askes much, but hee is more foole that grants it.
In an hundred elles of contention, there is not an inch of love.
In an hundred elles of contention, there is not an inch of love.
Forgetful of thy tomb thou buildest houses.
Forgetful of thy tomb thou buildest houses.