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What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long and wise experience.
Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long and wise experience.
He who rushes headlong into love will fare worse than if he had
cast himself from a precipice.
He who rushes headlong into love will fare worse than if he had
cast himself from a precipice.
What is to be once resolved on should be first often well
considered.
What is to be once resolved on should be first often well
considered.
It is equally a fault to believe all men or to believe none.
It is equally a fault to believe all men or to believe none.
There is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
There is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
A woman and a glasse are ever in danger.
[A woman and a glass are ever in danger.]
A woman and a glasse are ever in danger.
[A woman and a glass are ever in danger.]
The habitual living in prosperity is most injurious.
The habitual living in prosperity is most injurious.
Wine ever paies for his loding.
Wine ever paies for his loding.