Nature made the fields and man the cities.

Nature made the fields and man the cities.

There is no proverb which is not true.
[Sp., No hay refran que no sea verdadero.]

There is no proverb which is not true.
[Sp., No hay refran que no sea verdadero.]

Men's language is as their lives.

Men's language is as their lives.

Speech is silvern, silence is golden.

Speech is silvern, silence is golden.

Seeming genial, venial fault.

Seeming genial, venial fault.

Let the blacksmith wear the chains he has himself made.

Let the blacksmith wear the chains he has himself made.

Cover your selfe with your shield, and care not for cryes.

Cover your selfe with your shield, and care not for cryes.

The singing man keepes his shop in his throate.

The singing man keepes his shop in his throate.

Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh,
it is a tree of life.

Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh,
it is a tree of life.