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He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.
[Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]
He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.
[Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]
When sorrows come, they come not single spies,
But in battalions.
When sorrows come, they come not single spies,
But in battalions.
There is more talke then trouble.
There is more talke then trouble.
An undertaking beset with danger.
An undertaking beset with danger.
A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of
the heart the spirit is broken.
A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of
the heart the spirit is broken.
When a dog is a drowning, everyone offers him drink.
When a dog is a drowning, everyone offers him drink.
Who gathers thistles, may expect pricks.
Who gathers thistles, may expect pricks.
Oh, woman! in our hours of ease,
Uncertain, coy, and hard to please.
Oh, woman! in our hours of ease,
Uncertain, coy, and hard to please.
Heresie is the school of pride.
Heresie is the school of pride.
