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Nothing is so swift as calumny, nothing is more easily
propagated, nothing more readily credited, nothing more widely
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Nothing is so swift as calumny, nothing is more easily
propagated, nothing more readily credited, nothing more widely
circulated.
He that feares leaves, let him not goe into the wood.
He that feares leaves, let him not goe into the wood.
For without transformation
Men become wolves on every slight occasion.
For without transformation
Men become wolves on every slight occasion.
Think nought a trifle, though it small appear;
Small sands the mountain, moments make the year,
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Think nought a trifle, though it small appear;
Small sands the mountain, moments make the year,
And trifles life.
There are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it.
There are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it.
He that commits a fault, thinkes every one speakes of it.
He that commits a fault, thinkes every one speakes of it.
It is the duty of a good shepherd to shear, not to skin his
sheep.
It is the duty of a good shepherd to shear, not to skin his
sheep.
Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason?
Why if it prosper, none dare call it treason.
Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason?
Why if it prosper, none dare call it treason.
Bells call others, but themselves enter not into the Church.
Bells call others, but themselves enter not into the Church.