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Fair ladies mask'd are roses in their bud.
Fair ladies mask'd are roses in their bud.
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him
chasteneth him betimes.
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him
chasteneth him betimes.
Good Americans when they die go to Paris.
Good Americans when they die go to Paris.
Be wise to-day; 'tis madness to defer.
Be wise to-day; 'tis madness to defer.
So much greater is our thirst for glory than for virtue.
So much greater is our thirst for glory than for virtue.
That which has been endured with difficulty is remedied with
delight.
That which has been endured with difficulty is remedied with
delight.
Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them.
Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them.
If the first of July be rainy weather,
It will rain, more of less, for four weeks together.
If the first of July be rainy weather,
It will rain, more of less, for four weeks together.
As with a little girl playing with her nurse, the toy which she
eagerly sought she soon tires of read more
As with a little girl playing with her nurse, the toy which she
eagerly sought she soon tires of and discards.