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The devil hath power
To assume a pleasing shape.
The devil hath power
To assume a pleasing shape.
A mouse relies not solely on one hole.
A mouse relies not solely on one hole.
Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak
Whispers the o'erfraught heart, and bids it break.
Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak
Whispers the o'erfraught heart, and bids it break.
There is no man, though never so little, but sometimes he can
hurt.
There is no man, though never so little, but sometimes he can
hurt.
[A woman] fiercer than a cubless tigress.
[A woman] fiercer than a cubless tigress.
Who eates the Kings Goose uoydes the feathers an hundred years
after.
[Who eats the king's goose voids read more
Who eates the Kings Goose uoydes the feathers an hundred years
after.
[Who eats the king's goose voids the feathers a hundred years
after.]
Some men plant an opinion they seem to erradicate.
Some men plant an opinion they seem to erradicate.
A novice always behaves with propriety.
A novice always behaves with propriety.
The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.
The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.
