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Whether the pitcher hits the stone or the stone hits the pitcher,
it goes ill with the pitcher.
Whether the pitcher hits the stone or the stone hits the pitcher,
it goes ill with the pitcher.
A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
I am undone! I have smashed the waggon. [I have ruined all.]
I am undone! I have smashed the waggon. [I have ruined all.]
It is a most miserable lot to be without an enemy. [No man can
be successful without being envied read more
It is a most miserable lot to be without an enemy. [No man can
be successful without being envied and hated.]
Lawyers houses are built on the heads of fooles.
Lawyers houses are built on the heads of fooles.
The goddess was discovered by her gait.
The goddess was discovered by her gait.
Conceit in weakest bodies strongest works.
Conceit in weakest bodies strongest works.
Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved,
Where still so much is said;
One half will never be read more
Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved,
Where still so much is said;
One half will never be believed,
The other never read.
He that commits a fault, thinkes every one speakes of it.
He that commits a fault, thinkes every one speakes of it.
