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There is nothing hard inside the olive; nothing hard outside the
nut.
There is nothing hard inside the olive; nothing hard outside the
nut.
Poverty needs much, avarice everything.
Poverty needs much, avarice everything.
Sweet is the recollection of difficulties overcome.
Sweet is the recollection of difficulties overcome.
The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new.
The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new.
'Tis not long after
But I will wear my heart upon my sleeve,
For daws to peck read more
'Tis not long after
But I will wear my heart upon my sleeve,
For daws to peck at.
We hate the hawk because he ever lives in battle.
We hate the hawk because he ever lives in battle.
The Bathe of the Blackamoor hath sworne not to whiten.
The Bathe of the Blackamoor hath sworne not to whiten.
The gentle Hawke halfe mans her selfe.
The gentle Hawke halfe mans her selfe.
A true friend is tested in adversity.
A true friend is tested in adversity.
