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To a fair day open the window, but make you ready as to a foule.
To a fair day open the window, but make you ready as to a foule.
How fallen, how changed
From him, who, in the happy realms of light,
Clothed with transcendent brightness, read more
How fallen, how changed
From him, who, in the happy realms of light,
Clothed with transcendent brightness, didst outshine
Myriads, though bright.
Hee is rich enough that wants nothing.
Hee is rich enough that wants nothing.
But men are men; the best sometimes forget.
But men are men; the best sometimes forget.
Whom has not the inspiring bowl made eloquent?
[Lat., Foecundi calices quem non fecere disertum.]
Whom has not the inspiring bowl made eloquent?
[Lat., Foecundi calices quem non fecere disertum.]
No creature smarts so little as a fool.
No creature smarts so little as a fool.
That is not good language which all understand not.
That is not good language which all understand not.
A bellowing cow soon forgets her calf.
A bellowing cow soon forgets her calf.
What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
[Lat., Idem Accio quod Titio jus esto.]
What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
[Lat., Idem Accio quod Titio jus esto.]