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The fox barks not when he would steal the lamb.
The fox barks not when he would steal the lamb.
Better do nothing than do ill.
Better do nothing than do ill.
Who doth his owne businesse, foules not his hands.
Who doth his owne businesse, foules not his hands.
Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
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Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
[Lat., Medio de fonte leporum
Surgit amari aliquid, quod in ipsis floribus angat.]
An ill labourer quarrells with his tooles.
An ill labourer quarrells with his tooles.
An envious man grows lean at another's fatness.
An envious man grows lean at another's fatness.
It is good to be taught even by an enemy.
It is good to be taught even by an enemy.
Or will you think, my friend, your bus'ness done
When, of a hundred thorns, you pull out one.
Or will you think, my friend, your bus'ness done
When, of a hundred thorns, you pull out one.
