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A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving
favour rather than silver and gold.
A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving
favour rather than silver and gold.
Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.
Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.
What king so strong,
Can tie the gall up in a slanderer's tongue?
What king so strong,
Can tie the gall up in a slanderer's tongue?
Who hath bitter in his mouth, spits not all sweet.
Who hath bitter in his mouth, spits not all sweet.
Fooles bite one another, but wise-men agree together.
Fooles bite one another, but wise-men agree together.
A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom.
A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom.
God strikes with his finger, and not with all his arme.
God strikes with his finger, and not with all his arme.
And Modesty, who, when she goes,
Is gone for ever.
And Modesty, who, when she goes,
Is gone for ever.
