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Whether shall the Oxe goe, where he shall not labour?
Whether shall the Oxe goe, where he shall not labour?
Content is more than a kingdom.
Content is more than a kingdom.
Yes! ready money is Aladdin's lamp.
Yes! ready money is Aladdin's lamp.
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.
Unless your works lead to profit, vain is your glory in them.
Unless your works lead to profit, vain is your glory in them.
And Jove but laughs at lovers' perjury.
And Jove but laughs at lovers' perjury.
A foole knowes more in his house, then a wise man in anothers.
A foole knowes more in his house, then a wise man in anothers.
Being on sea saile, being on land settle.
Being on sea saile, being on land settle.
You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.