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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.]
Virtue may be cheerful without forgetting its dignity.
Virtue may be cheerful without forgetting its dignity.
Who teacheth often learns himself.
Who teacheth often learns himself.
He can give little to his servant, that lickes his knife.
[He can give little to his servant that read more
He can give little to his servant, that lickes his knife.
[He can give little to his servant that licks his knife.]
The Royall Crowne cures not the head-ach.
[The Royal Crown cures not the headache.]
The Royall Crowne cures not the head-ach.
[The Royal Crown cures not the headache.]
Labour as long liu'd, pray as even dying.
Labour as long liu'd, pray as even dying.
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 market is the best garden.
The market is the best garden.
Nothing secure unlesse suspected.
Nothing secure unlesse suspected.