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Suretyship is the precursor of ruin.
Suretyship is the precursor of ruin.
I would have thee gone,
And yet no further than a wanton's bird,
Who lets it hop read more
I would have thee gone,
And yet no further than a wanton's bird,
Who lets it hop a little from her hand,
Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves,
And with a silk thread plucks it back again.
Hee that wipes the childs nose, kisseth the mothers cheeke.
Hee that wipes the childs nose, kisseth the mothers cheeke.
What you would not have done to yourselves, never do unto others.
What you would not have done to yourselves, never do unto others.
Simple is the language of truth.
Simple is the language of truth.
We may escape misfortune for a while, but the evil day will come.
We may escape misfortune for a while, but the evil day will come.
In poison there is no physic.
In poison there is no physic.
He who speaks ill of an absent friend, or fails to take his part
if attacked by another, that read more
He who speaks ill of an absent friend, or fails to take his part
if attacked by another, that man is a scoundrel.
That which never has been, never is, and never will be.
That which never has been, never is, and never will be.