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It often happens, that misery will follow a marriage when the
dowry is too large.
It often happens, that misery will follow a marriage when the
dowry is too large.
More mild, but yet more harmful; kind in hatred.
More mild, but yet more harmful; kind in hatred.
An old friend is a new house.
An old friend is a new house.
A beane in liberty is better then a comfit in prison.
A beane in liberty is better then a comfit in prison.
Demons in act, but gods at least in face.
Demons in act, but gods at least in face.
Women laugh when they can, and weepe when they will.
Women laugh when they can, and weepe when they will.
The eye is bigger then the belly.
[The eye is bigger than the belly.]
The eye is bigger then the belly.
[The eye is bigger than the belly.]
There's always a shot in the locker.
There's always a shot in the locker.
I talk of cheese, you of chalk.
I talk of cheese, you of chalk.