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A hatt is not made for one shower.
A hatt is not made for one shower.
Had you the world on your Chesse-bord, you could not fill all to
your mind.
Had you the world on your Chesse-bord, you could not fill all to
your mind.
There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.
There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.
The shortest follies are the best.
[Fr., Les plus courtes folies sont les meilleures.]
The shortest follies are the best.
[Fr., Les plus courtes folies sont les meilleures.]
It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.
It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.
Be not too thick with anybody; your joys will be fewer, and so
will pains.
Be not too thick with anybody; your joys will be fewer, and so
will pains.
By many indignities we come to dignities.
By many indignities we come to dignities.
Mad desire, when it has the most, longs for more.
Mad desire, when it has the most, longs for more.
Hee that repaires not a part, builds all.
Hee that repaires not a part, builds all.