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Fit to give weight to smoke.
[Lat., Dare pondus idonea fumo.]
Fit to give weight to smoke.
[Lat., Dare pondus idonea fumo.]
O joy! that in our embers
Is something that doth live.
O joy! that in our embers
Is something that doth live.
Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]
Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]
They lepe lyke a flounder out of a fryenge panne into the fyre.
They lepe lyke a flounder out of a fryenge panne into the fyre.
There can be no great smoke arise, but there must be some fire.
There can be no great smoke arise, but there must be some fire.
Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.
Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.
If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be
thirsty, give him water to read more
If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be
thirsty, give him water to drink.
For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord
shall reward thee.
Where no wood is, the fire goes out; so where there is no tale bearer, the strife ceaseth.
Where no wood is, the fire goes out; so where there is no tale bearer, the strife ceaseth.
Wood already touched by fire is not hard to set alight
Wood already touched by fire is not hard to set alight
