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Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
He who would have the kernel must crack the shell.
He who would have the kernel must crack the shell.
The tooth-ach is more ease then to deale with ill people.
The tooth-ach is more ease then to deale with ill people.
The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on.
The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on.
Will fortune never come with both hands full,
But write her fair words still in foulest letters?
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Will fortune never come with both hands full,
But write her fair words still in foulest letters?
She either gives a stomach and no food--
Such are the poor, in health--or else a feast
And takes away the stomach-- such are the rich,
That have abundance, and enjoy it not.
In the same [hospitable] manner that a Calabrian would press you
to eat his pears.
In the same [hospitable] manner that a Calabrian would press you
to eat his pears.
Beasts of like kind will spare those of kindred spots.
Beasts of like kind will spare those of kindred spots.
Everything in art is but a copy of nature.
Everything in art is but a copy of nature.
He who speaks ill of an absent friend, or fails to take his part
if attacked by another, that read more
He who speaks ill of an absent friend, or fails to take his part
if attacked by another, that man is a scoundrel.
