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The sense of death is most in apprehension.
The sense of death is most in apprehension.
A naughty child is better sick then whole.
A naughty child is better sick then whole.
Like lips like lettuce (i.e. like has met its like).
(Lat., Similem habent labra lactucam.]
Like lips like lettuce (i.e. like has met its like).
(Lat., Similem habent labra lactucam.]
The gentle Hawke halfe mans her selfe.
The gentle Hawke halfe mans her selfe.
What were vices have become the fashion of the day.
What were vices have become the fashion of the day.
One sword keeres another in the sheath.
One sword keeres another in the sheath.
A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom.
A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom.
Catch, then, O catch the transient hour;
Improve each moment as it flies!
Catch, then, O catch the transient hour;
Improve each moment as it flies!
A scab'd horse cannot abide the comb.
A scab'd horse cannot abide the comb.
