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The remedy is worse than the disease.
The remedy is worse than the disease.
Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft.
Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft.
Get money, money still!
And then let virtue follow, if she will.
Get money, money still!
And then let virtue follow, if she will.
He can give little to his servant, that lickes his knife.
[He can give little to his servant that read more
He can give little to his servant, that lickes his knife.
[He can give little to his servant that licks his knife.]
Take heed of a young wench, a prophetesse, and a Lattin bred
woman.
Take heed of a young wench, a prophetesse, and a Lattin bred
woman.
My ventures are not in one bottom trusted.
My ventures are not in one bottom trusted.
It's good walking with a horse in ones hand.
It's good walking with a horse in ones hand.
What! can so young a thorn begin to prick?
What! can so young a thorn begin to prick?
How use doth breed a habit in a man!
How use doth breed a habit in a man!