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A Caske and an ill custome must be broken.
A Caske and an ill custome must be broken.
Neither do men put new wine into old bottles.
Neither do men put new wine into old bottles.
Goods are theirs that enjoy them.
Goods are theirs that enjoy them.
Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft.
Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft.
Without favour none will know you, and with it you will not know
your selfe.
Without favour none will know you, and with it you will not know
your selfe.
Living well is the best revenge.
Living well is the best revenge.
Trivial losses often prove great gains.
Trivial losses often prove great gains.
Though the Fox run, the chicken hath wings.
Though the Fox run, the chicken hath wings.
To dismiss a guest is a more ungracious act than not to admit him
at all.
To dismiss a guest is a more ungracious act than not to admit him
at all.