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The Germans wit is in his fingers.
The Germans wit is in his fingers.
You walk over red-hot lava hidden beneath treacherous ashes.
You walk over red-hot lava hidden beneath treacherous ashes.
Always keep your hook in the water: where you least expect one,
the fish will be found.
Always keep your hook in the water: where you least expect one,
the fish will be found.
Good hope is often beguiled by her own augury.
Good hope is often beguiled by her own augury.
He will be the last to discover the disgrace of his house.
He will be the last to discover the disgrace of his house.
If you are capable of submitting to insult you ought to be
insulted.
If you are capable of submitting to insult you ought to be
insulted.
The faulty stands on his guard.
The faulty stands on his guard.
Hee that lookes not before, finds himselfe behind.
Hee that lookes not before, finds himselfe behind.
No rule is so general, which admits not some exception.
No rule is so general, which admits not some exception.
