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Hee that eats the hard shall eate the ripe.
Hee that eats the hard shall eate the ripe.
His essences turn the live air sick.
His essences turn the live air sick.
Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day
Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain-tops.
Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day
Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain-tops.
A jade eates as much as a good horse.
A jade eates as much as a good horse.
The Physitian owes all to the patient, but the patient owes
nothing to him but a little mony.
The Physitian owes all to the patient, but the patient owes
nothing to him but a little mony.
She is kept alive on the milk of asses which she takes with her
wherever she goes.
She is kept alive on the milk of asses which she takes with her
wherever she goes.
Follow not truth too near the heels, lest it dash out thy teeth.
Follow not truth too near the heels, lest it dash out thy teeth.
The fellow is either a madman or a poet.
The fellow is either a madman or a poet.
God keep me from false friends!
God keep me from false friends!
