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The gentle Hawke halfe mans her selfe.
The gentle Hawke halfe mans her selfe.
If you say hard things you must expect to hear them in return.
If you say hard things you must expect to hear them in return.
A well-bred youth neither speakes of himselfe, nor being spoken
to is silent.
A well-bred youth neither speakes of himselfe, nor being spoken
to is silent.
We plough the sand on the sea shore.
We plough the sand on the sea shore.
What is the matter with Kansas?
What is the matter with Kansas?
The very rats
Instinctively had quit it.
The very rats
Instinctively had quit it.
Don't approach a goat from the front, a horse from the back, or a
fool from any side.
Don't approach a goat from the front, a horse from the back, or a
fool from any side.
I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.
I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.
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.