Life ain't all beer and skittles.

Life ain't all beer and skittles.

You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned. [You have laid up a
grief in store for yourself.]

You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned. [You have laid up a
grief in store for yourself.]

Let him play the second fiddle who can't play the first.

Let him play the second fiddle who can't play the first.

To a close shorne sheepe, God gives wind by measure.
[To a close shorn sheep, God gives wind by read more

To a close shorne sheepe, God gives wind by measure.
[To a close shorn sheep, God gives wind by measure.]

Better to be blinde, then to see ill.

Better to be blinde, then to see ill.

Love and life are for to-day.

Love and life are for to-day.

Pry not into the affairs of others, and keep secret that which
has been entrusted to you, though sorely read more

Pry not into the affairs of others, and keep secret that which
has been entrusted to you, though sorely tempted by wine and
passion.

He makes himself ridiculous who is for ever repeating the same
mistake.

He makes himself ridiculous who is for ever repeating the same
mistake.

Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.

Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.