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To have properly studied the liberal sciences gives a polish to
our manners, and removes all awkwardness.
To have properly studied the liberal sciences gives a polish to
our manners, and removes all awkwardness.
The day is short, the work is much.
The day is short, the work is much.
The wrongs of a Husband or Master are not reproached.
The wrongs of a Husband or Master are not reproached.
Suretyship is the precursor of ruin.
Suretyship is the precursor of ruin.
Pleasure is often the introduction to pain.
Pleasure is often the introduction to pain.
A brute without a single redeeming point.
A brute without a single redeeming point.
The next way home's the farthest way about.
The next way home's the farthest way about.
No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
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No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
And flow as now it flows.
The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of
a farthing sixe pence.
The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of
a farthing sixe pence.