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We suffer more in imagination than in reality.
We suffer more in imagination than in reality.
So use your own property as not to injure that of another.
So use your own property as not to injure that of another.
Covetousnesse breaks the bag.
Covetousnesse breaks the bag.
A house and a woman sute excellently.
A house and a woman sute excellently.
The goddess was discovered by her gait.
The goddess was discovered by her gait.
Leave her to Heaven,
And to those thorns that in her bosom lodge,
To prick and sting read more
Leave her to Heaven,
And to those thorns that in her bosom lodge,
To prick and sting her.
Idle people have the least leisure.
Idle people have the least leisure.
When a knave is in a plumtree he hath neither friend nor kin.
When a knave is in a plumtree he hath neither friend nor kin.
You may suppress natural propensities by force, but they will be
certain to re-appear.
You may suppress natural propensities by force, but they will be
certain to re-appear.
