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Penny wise, pound foolish.
Penny wise, pound foolish.
A lie that is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.
A lie that is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.
It is prudent to learn what to avoid from the misfortunes of
others.
It is prudent to learn what to avoid from the misfortunes of
others.
Hee that dines and leaves, layes the cloth twice.
Hee that dines and leaves, layes the cloth twice.
But scandal's my aversion--I protest
Against all evil speaking, even in jest.
But scandal's my aversion--I protest
Against all evil speaking, even in jest.
Had you the world on your Chesse-bord, you could not fill all to
your mind.
Had you the world on your Chesse-bord, you could not fill all to
your mind.
Praise none too much, for all are fickle.
Praise none too much, for all are fickle.
Who eates the Kings Goose uoydes the feathers an hundred years
after.
[Who eats the king's goose voids read more
Who eates the Kings Goose uoydes the feathers an hundred years
after.
[Who eats the king's goose voids the feathers a hundred years
after.]
Whether goest, griefe? where I am wont.
Whether goest, griefe? where I am wont.