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He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
He that can make a fire well, can end a quarrell.
He that can make a fire well, can end a quarrell.
Hee that hath a Fox for his mate, hath neede of a net at his
girdle.
Hee that hath a Fox for his mate, hath neede of a net at his
girdle.
Neither eyes on letters, nor hands in coffers.
Neither eyes on letters, nor hands in coffers.
The dainties of the great are the teares of the poore.
The dainties of the great are the teares of the poore.
A mountaine and a river are good neighbours.
A mountaine and a river are good neighbours.
Preferment goes by letter and affection,
And not by old gradation, where each second
Stood heir to read more
Preferment goes by letter and affection,
And not by old gradation, where each second
Stood heir to th's first.
He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may read more
He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may fight again,
Which he can never do that's slain.
Deeper to wound she shuns the fight;
She drops her arms, to gain the field:
Secures her conquest by her flight:
And triumphs when she seems to yield.
To him that will, waies are not wanting.
To him that will, waies are not wanting.
