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To place yourself under an obligation is to sell your liberty.
To place yourself under an obligation is to sell your liberty.
If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.
If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.
He can give little to his servant, that lickes his knife.
[He can give little to his servant that read more
He can give little to his servant, that lickes his knife.
[He can give little to his servant that licks his knife.]
It's not good fishing before the net.
It's not good fishing before the net.
Love is the true price of love.
Love is the true price of love.
Who will sell the Cow, must say the word.
Who will sell the Cow, must say the word.
Who overcomes
By force, hath overcome but half his foe.
Who overcomes
By force, hath overcome but half his foe.
Now, my sere fancy "falls into the yellow
Leaf," and imagination droops her pinion;
And the sad read more
Now, my sere fancy "falls into the yellow
Leaf," and imagination droops her pinion;
And the sad truth, which hovers o'er my desk,
Turns what was once romantic to burlesque.
Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.
Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.
