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Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs.
Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs.
Fooles give to please all but their owne.
Fooles give to please all but their owne.
Ill natures, the more you aske them, the more they stick.
Ill natures, the more you aske them, the more they stick.
My bark, once struck by the fury of the storm, dreads again to
approach the place of danger.
My bark, once struck by the fury of the storm, dreads again to
approach the place of danger.
Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
Let every man find pleasure in practising the profession he has
learnt.
Let every man find pleasure in practising the profession he has
learnt.
Before you make a friend, eate a bushell of salt with him.
[Before you make a friend, eat a read more
Before you make a friend, eate a bushell of salt with him.
[Before you make a friend, eat a bushel of salt with him.]
An Oxe is taken by the horns, and a Man by the tongue.
An Oxe is taken by the horns, and a Man by the tongue.