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Ill natures, the more you aske them, the more they stick.
Ill natures, the more you aske them, the more they stick.
A fair face may make a foul bargain.
A fair face may make a foul bargain.
To live with them is far less sweet,
Than to remember thee!
To live with them is far less sweet,
Than to remember thee!
Nothing is so intolerable as a woman with a long purse.
Nothing is so intolerable as a woman with a long purse.
The deeper the sorrow the less tongue it hath.
The deeper the sorrow the less tongue it hath.
Sop to Cerebus.
If I can find Cerebus a sop, I shall be at rest for one day.
Sop to Cerebus.
If I can find Cerebus a sop, I shall be at rest for one day.
The best of the sport is to doe the deede, and say nothing.
The best of the sport is to doe the deede, and say nothing.
Hee that eats the hard shall eate the ripe.
Hee that eats the hard shall eate the ripe.
Care must be taken that the punishment does not exceed the
offence.
Care must be taken that the punishment does not exceed the
offence.