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Make three bites of a cherry.
Make three bites of a cherry.
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.]
It is part of the cure to wish to be cured.
[Lat., Pars sanitatis velle sanari fruit.]
It is part of the cure to wish to be cured.
[Lat., Pars sanitatis velle sanari fruit.]
One foote is better then two crutches.
One foote is better then two crutches.
The woman that deliberates is lost.
The woman that deliberates is lost.
Sweet is revenge--especially to women.
Sweet is revenge--especially to women.
Who teacheth often learns himself.
Who teacheth often learns himself.
We hate merit while it is with us; when taken away from our gaze,
we long for it jealously.
We hate merit while it is with us; when taken away from our gaze,
we long for it jealously.
Who thinks anything of goitre on the Alps?
Who thinks anything of goitre on the Alps?