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Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long and wise experience.
Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long and wise experience.
As the yeere is, your pot must seeth.
As the yeere is, your pot must seeth.
Modesty should accompany youth.
Modesty should accompany youth.
Whose nature is so far from doing harms,
That he suspects none.
Whose nature is so far from doing harms,
That he suspects none.
The gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it.
The gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it.
In strife who inquires whether stratagem or courage was used?
In strife who inquires whether stratagem or courage was used?
Enough is as good as a feast.
Enough is as good as a feast.
The Jewes spend at Easter, the Moors at marriages, the Christians
in sutes.
The Jewes spend at Easter, the Moors at marriages, the Christians
in sutes.
He that passeth a winters day escapes an enemy.
He that passeth a winters day escapes an enemy.