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Fill the cup and fill the can,
Have a rouse before the morn;
Every minute dies a read more
Fill the cup and fill the can,
Have a rouse before the morn;
Every minute dies a man,
Every minute one is born.
What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
[Lat., Idem Accio quod Titio jus esto.]
What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
[Lat., Idem Accio quod Titio jus esto.]
I tell the tale as it was told to me.
I tell the tale as it was told to me.
The Bathe of the Blackamoor hath sworne not to whiten.
The Bathe of the Blackamoor hath sworne not to whiten.
One paire of eares drawes dry an hundred tongues.
One paire of eares drawes dry an hundred tongues.
The next way home's the farthest way about.
The next way home's the farthest way about.
Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions than ruined
by too confident a security.
Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions than ruined
by too confident a security.
Some evils are cured by contempt.
Some evils are cured by contempt.
Every one thinkes his sacke heaviest.
Every one thinkes his sacke heaviest.