Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
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Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
[Lat., Medio de fonte leporum
Surgit amari aliquid, quod in ipsis floribus angat.]

Evils have their comfort, good none can support.

Evils have their comfort, good none can support.

It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.

It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.

The tongue is the worst part of a bad servant.

The tongue is the worst part of a bad servant.

Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you
occupied.

Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you
occupied.

How do our philosophers act? Do they not inscribe their
signatures to the very essays they write on the read more

How do our philosophers act? Do they not inscribe their
signatures to the very essays they write on the propriety of
despising glory.

Change but the name, and you are the subject of the story.

Change but the name, and you are the subject of the story.

Hee that eats the hard shall eate the ripe.

Hee that eats the hard shall eate the ripe.

Let him play the second fiddle who can't play the first.

Let him play the second fiddle who can't play the first.