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Hee that's fed at anothers hand may stay long ere he be full.
Hee that's fed at anothers hand may stay long ere he be full.
Hee that gets out of debt, growes rich.
Hee that gets out of debt, growes rich.
He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.
He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.
Those things please more, which are more expensive.
Those things please more, which are more expensive.
Little does the sick man consult his own interests, who makes his
physician his heir.
Little does the sick man consult his own interests, who makes his
physician his heir.
We must recoile a little, to the end we may leap the better.
We must recoile a little, to the end we may leap the better.
My sister and my sister's child,
Myself and children three,
Will fill the chaise: so you must read more
My sister and my sister's child,
Myself and children three,
Will fill the chaise: so you must ride
On horseback after me.
Better a snotty child, then his nose wip'd off.
Better a snotty child, then his nose wip'd off.