Hope is the poore mans bread.

Hope is the poore mans bread.

An old mans staffe is the rapper of deaths doore.

An old mans staffe is the rapper of deaths doore.

Those, who in quarrels interpose,
Must often wipe a bloody nose.

Those, who in quarrels interpose,
Must often wipe a bloody nose.

Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything. read more

Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything. The wills above be
done, but I would fain die a dry death.

A beane in liberty is better then a comfit in prison.

A beane in liberty is better then a comfit in prison.

For violent fires soon burn out themselves.

For violent fires soon burn out themselves.

From the midst of the very fountain of pleasure, something of
bitterness arises to vex us in the flower read more

From the midst of the very fountain of pleasure, something of
bitterness arises to vex us in the flower of enjoyment.

The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
[Lat., Accerima proximorum odia.]

The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
[Lat., Accerima proximorum odia.]

Love-quarrels oft in pleasing concord end.

Love-quarrels oft in pleasing concord end.