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Grief diminishes when it has nothing to grow upon.
Grief diminishes when it has nothing to grow upon.
Take time: much may be gained by patience.
Take time: much may be gained by patience.
Which of these two is the greater fool?
Which of these two is the greater fool?
The body is sooner drest then the soule.
The body is sooner drest then the soule.
He has no other recommendation, save an assumed and crafty
solemnity of demeanour.
He has no other recommendation, save an assumed and crafty
solemnity of demeanour.
The pain
Remembrance gives, when the fix'd dart
Is stirred thus in the wound again.
The pain
Remembrance gives, when the fix'd dart
Is stirred thus in the wound again.
As long as the Fates permit, live cheerfully.
As long as the Fates permit, live cheerfully.
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him
chasteneth him betimes.
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him
chasteneth him betimes.
He whom the gods love dies young, whilst he is full of health,
perception, and judgment.
[Lat., Quem read more
He whom the gods love dies young, whilst he is full of health,
perception, and judgment.
[Lat., Quem dii diligunt,
Adolescens moritur, dum valet, sentit, sapit.]
