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He that will not have peace, God gives him warre.
He that will not have peace, God gives him warre.
Shee spins well that breedes her children.
Shee spins well that breedes her children.
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit
drieth the bones.
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit
drieth the bones.
Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
A little Kitchin makes a large house.
A little Kitchin makes a large house.
Fear not the future, weep not for the past.
Fear not the future, weep not for the past.
I am not what I once was.
[Lat., Non sum qualis eram.]
I am not what I once was.
[Lat., Non sum qualis eram.]
He that riseth betimes hath some thing in his head.
He that riseth betimes hath some thing in his head.
What a lady says to an eager lover he may write in the wind, or
in running water.
What a lady says to an eager lover he may write in the wind, or
in running water.