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Make three bites of a cherry.
Make three bites of a cherry.
He wears himself out by his labours, and grows old through his
love of possessing wealth.
He wears himself out by his labours, and grows old through his
love of possessing wealth.
We must every one be a man of his own fancy.
We must every one be a man of his own fancy.
Little pitchers have wide eares.
[Little pitchers have wide ears.]
Little pitchers have wide eares.
[Little pitchers have wide ears.]
Anothers bread costs deare.
Anothers bread costs deare.
This world is nothing except it tend to another.
This world is nothing except it tend to another.
Rich gifts wax poor, when givers prove unkind.
Rich gifts wax poor, when givers prove unkind.
A bellowing cow soon forgets her calf.
A bellowing cow soon forgets her calf.
Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand
judgment.
Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand
judgment.