It is not every man's way to hit. There are men, I
confess, that set the carat and value upon things as they love them;
but science is not every man's mistress. It is as great a spite to
be praised in the wrong place, and by a wrong person, as can be done
to a noble nature.
Honesta ambitio.--If divers men seek fame or honour by divers ways,
so both be honest, neither is to be blamed; but they that seek
immortality are not only worthy of love, but of praise.
Maritus improbus.--He hath a delicate wife, a fair fortune, a family
to go to and be welcome; yet he had rather be drunk with mine host
and the fiddlers of such a town, than go home.
Afflictio pia magistra.--Affliction teacheth a wicked person some
time to pray: prosperity never.
Deploratis facilis descensus Averni.--The devil take all.--Many
might go to heaven with half the labour they go to hell, if they
would venture their industry the right way; but "The devil take
all!" quoth he that was choked in the mill-dam, with his four last
words in his mouth.
AEgidius cursu superat.--A cripple in the way out-travels a footman
or a post out of the way.
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