Consider what each soil will bear, and what each refuses.

Consider what each soil will bear, and what each refuses.

Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot
That it doth singe yourself.

Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot
That it doth singe yourself.

Comparisons are odious.

Comparisons are odious.

Just as the felon condemn'd to die--
With a very natural loathing--
Leaving the sheriff to dream read more

Just as the felon condemn'd to die--
With a very natural loathing--
Leaving the sheriff to dream of ropes,
From his gloomy cell in a vision elopes,
To caper on sunny greens and slopes,
Instead of the dance upon nothing.

There was not a greater gourmand living.

There was not a greater gourmand living.

Every one hath a foole in his sleeve.

Every one hath a foole in his sleeve.

Life ain't all beer and skittles.

Life ain't all beer and skittles.

The higher the tower, the greater the fall thereof.

The higher the tower, the greater the fall thereof.

Blood is thicker than water.

Blood is thicker than water.