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Thou will scare be a man before thy mother.
Thou will scare be a man before thy mother.
He who spares the wicked injures the good.
He who spares the wicked injures the good.
Were it not for the bone in the legge, all the world would turne
Carpenters (to make them crutches).
Were it not for the bone in the legge, all the world would turne
Carpenters (to make them crutches).
A good Judge conceives quickly, judges slowly.
A good Judge conceives quickly, judges slowly.
The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
[Lat., Accerima proximorum odia.]
The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
[Lat., Accerima proximorum odia.]
Talkers are no good doers.
Talkers are no good doers.
A garden must be lookt unto and drest as the body.
A garden must be lookt unto and drest as the body.
When in good health we easily give good advice to the sick.
When in good health we easily give good advice to the sick.
What boots it at one gate to make defence,
And at another to let in the foe?
What boots it at one gate to make defence,
And at another to let in the foe?