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The way is an ill neighbour.
The way is an ill neighbour.
A crime in which many are implicated goes unpunished.
A crime in which many are implicated goes unpunished.
It's no sure rule to fish with a cros-bow.
It's no sure rule to fish with a cros-bow.
Who hath no more bread then neede, must not keepe a dog.
Who hath no more bread then neede, must not keepe a dog.
It is success that colours all in life,
Success makes fools admir'd, makes villains honest.
It is success that colours all in life,
Success makes fools admir'd, makes villains honest.
Fortune favours the bold.
Fortune favours the bold.
The man that heweth over high,
Some chip falleth in his eye.
The man that heweth over high,
Some chip falleth in his eye.
He stands the shadow of a mighty name.
[Lat., Stat magni nominis umbra.]
He stands the shadow of a mighty name.
[Lat., Stat magni nominis umbra.]
Evils have their comfort, good none can support.
Evils have their comfort, good none can support.
