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When a Lackey comes to hells doore, the devills locke the gates.
When a Lackey comes to hells doore, the devills locke the gates.
To climb steep hills
Requires slow pace at first.
To climb steep hills
Requires slow pace at first.
Working and making a fire doth discretion require.
Working and making a fire doth discretion require.
After a bad harvest sow again. [Yield not to difficulties.]
After a bad harvest sow again. [Yield not to difficulties.]
Swiftly our pleasures glide away,
Our hearts recall the distant day
With many sighs.
Swiftly our pleasures glide away,
Our hearts recall the distant day
With many sighs.
Nothing succeeds like success.
[Fr., Rien ne reussit comme le succes.]
Nothing succeeds like success.
[Fr., Rien ne reussit comme le succes.]
Speake not of a dead man at the table.
Speake not of a dead man at the table.
Once a yeare a man may say: On his conscience.
Once a yeare a man may say: On his conscience.