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Patience is the remedy for every misfortune.
Patience is the remedy for every misfortune.
Flames too soon acquire strength if disregarded.
Flames too soon acquire strength if disregarded.
Where lives the man that has not tried,
How mirth can into folly glide,
And folly into read more
Where lives the man that has not tried,
How mirth can into folly glide,
And folly into sin!
The would-be wits and can't-be gentlemen.
The would-be wits and can't-be gentlemen.
To gain a livelihood at the expense of all that makes life worth
the having.
To gain a livelihood at the expense of all that makes life worth
the having.
The masters eye fattens the horse, and his foote the ground.
The masters eye fattens the horse, and his foote the ground.
No greater grief than to remember days
Of joy when misery is at hand.
No greater grief than to remember days
Of joy when misery is at hand.
When you are at Rome, live as Romans live.
When you are at Rome, live as Romans live.