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The groundsell speakes not save what it heard at the hinges.
The groundsell speakes not save what it heard at the hinges.
Hunger makes dinners, pastime suppers.
Hunger makes dinners, pastime suppers.
Forbeare not sowing because of birds.
Forbeare not sowing because of birds.
He that hath no hony in his pot, let him have it in his mouth.
He that hath no hony in his pot, let him have it in his mouth.
Trifles light as air
Are to the jealous confirmations strong
As proofs of holy writ.
Trifles light as air
Are to the jealous confirmations strong
As proofs of holy writ.
What! can so young a thorn begin to prick?
What! can so young a thorn begin to prick?
The Jewes spend at Easter, the Moors at marriages, the Christians
in sutes.
The Jewes spend at Easter, the Moors at marriages, the Christians
in sutes.
Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs.
Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs.
An ill labourer quarrells with his tooles.
An ill labourer quarrells with his tooles.