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Falsehood is often rocked by truth, but she soon outgrows her
cradle, and discards her nurse.
Falsehood is often rocked by truth, but she soon outgrows her
cradle, and discards her nurse.
A master of straw eates a servant of steele.
A master of straw eates a servant of steele.
Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
Want of pluck shows want of blood.
Want of pluck shows want of blood.
Never was anything so inconsistent.
Never was anything so inconsistent.
Building is a sweet impoverishing.
Building is a sweet impoverishing.
An oath that is not to bee made is not to be kept.
An oath that is not to bee made is not to be kept.
He carries well, to whom it waighes not.
He carries well, to whom it waighes not.
Bee not a Baker, if your head be of butter.
Bee not a Baker, if your head be of butter.
