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Wine is a turne-coate (first a friend, then an enemy).
Wine is a turne-coate (first a friend, then an enemy).
Accursed poison lies hid beneath sweet honey.
Accursed poison lies hid beneath sweet honey.
The bowl dispels corroding cares.
The bowl dispels corroding cares.
His bark is worse than his bite.
His bark is worse than his bite.
Who remove stones, bruise their fingers.
Who remove stones, bruise their fingers.
Your knowing a thing is nothing, unless another knows you know
it.
Your knowing a thing is nothing, unless another knows you know
it.
I have a kind of alacrity in sinking.
I have a kind of alacrity in sinking.