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A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.
A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.
A sleepy master makes his servant a Lowt.
A sleepy master makes his servant a Lowt.
Hence ye profane; I hate ye all;
Both the great vulgar, and the small.
Hence ye profane; I hate ye all;
Both the great vulgar, and the small.
Weeds are shallow-rooted,
Suffer them now, and they'll o'ergrow the garden,
And choke the herbs for want read more
Weeds are shallow-rooted,
Suffer them now, and they'll o'ergrow the garden,
And choke the herbs for want of husbandry.
Here I stand the perpetrator of the crime--turn then your sword
on me.
Here I stand the perpetrator of the crime--turn then your sword
on me.
Acerra always drinks till dawn.
Acerra always drinks till dawn.
One paire of eares drawes dry an hundred tongues.
One paire of eares drawes dry an hundred tongues.
Better good afarre off, then evill at hand.
Better good afarre off, then evill at hand.