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The mother endures with greater courage the loss of one out many
children, than she who, in her tears, read more
The mother endures with greater courage the loss of one out many
children, than she who, in her tears, exclaims, "Thou wast my
only one!"
(They are unknown) because they had no bard to sing their praises.
(They are unknown) because they had no bard to sing their praises.
It is the bright day that brings forth the adder.
It is the bright day that brings forth the adder.
The silent countenance often speaks with expressive eloquence.
The silent countenance often speaks with expressive eloquence.
Pedigree and ancestry and what we ourselves have not achieved, I
scarcely recognize as our own.
Pedigree and ancestry and what we ourselves have not achieved, I
scarcely recognize as our own.
From his silence a man's consent is inferred.
From his silence a man's consent is inferred.
Fooles give to please all but their owne.
Fooles give to please all but their owne.
Nothing is so secure as that money will not defeat it.
Nothing is so secure as that money will not defeat it.