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Ill comes in by ells, and goes out by inches.
Ill comes in by ells, and goes out by inches.
Bashfulness is an enemy to poverty.
Bashfulness is an enemy to poverty.
'Tis dangerous to take a cold, to sleep, to drink; but I tell you,
my lord fool, out of read more
'Tis dangerous to take a cold, to sleep, to drink; but I tell you,
my lord fool, out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower,
safety.
Grief diminishes when it has nothing to grow upon.
Grief diminishes when it has nothing to grow upon.
Make good use of your time, it flies fast.
Make good use of your time, it flies fast.
Something attempted, something done
Has earned a night's repose.
Something attempted, something done
Has earned a night's repose.
Every man's censure is first moulded in his own nature.
Every man's censure is first moulded in his own nature.
Three helping one another, beare the burthen of sixe.
Three helping one another, beare the burthen of sixe.
He complaines wrongfully on the sea that twice suffers shipwrack.
He complaines wrongfully on the sea that twice suffers shipwrack.