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By hesitation the opportunity is often lost.
By hesitation the opportunity is often lost.
To err is human, to forgive, divine.
To err is human, to forgive, divine.
The groundsell speakes not save what it heard at the hinges.
The groundsell speakes not save what it heard at the hinges.
He who has wronged you is either stronger or weaker than
yourself: be he weaker, spare him; be he read more
He who has wronged you is either stronger or weaker than
yourself: be he weaker, spare him; be he stronger, then spare
yourself.
You are his father by nature, I by counsel.
You are his father by nature, I by counsel.
Bring in great logs and let them lie
To make a solid core of heat.
Bring in great logs and let them lie
To make a solid core of heat.
No work is of such merit as to instruct from a mere cursory
perusal.
No work is of such merit as to instruct from a mere cursory
perusal.
Although you may strut about, proud of your purse, fortune
changes not birth.
Although you may strut about, proud of your purse, fortune
changes not birth.
