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Add a sprinkling of folly to your long deliberations.
Add a sprinkling of folly to your long deliberations.
The hair that covers the wit is more than the wit, for the
greater hides the less.
The hair that covers the wit is more than the wit, for the
greater hides the less.
For, wake where'er he may, man wakes to care and coil.
For, wake where'er he may, man wakes to care and coil.
Every cock fights best on his own dunghill.
Every cock fights best on his own dunghill.
He that once deceives is ever suspected.
He that once deceives is ever suspected.
'Tis in grain, sir; 'twill endure wind and weather.
'Tis in grain, sir; 'twill endure wind and weather.
Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.
Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.
Out of breath to no possible purpose; in attempting everything,
doing nothing.
Out of breath to no possible purpose; in attempting everything,
doing nothing.
The naming of one man amounts to the exclusion of another.
The naming of one man amounts to the exclusion of another.