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The judge is condemned when the guilty is acquitted.
[Lat., Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur.]
The judge is condemned when the guilty is acquitted.
[Lat., Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur.]
Hee that sendes a foole, means to follow him.
Hee that sendes a foole, means to follow him.
To seek in a Sheep five feet when there is but four.
To seek in a Sheep five feet when there is but four.
If the fish had not opened its mouth, it would not have been
caught.
If the fish had not opened its mouth, it would not have been
caught.
It is folly to waste labour about trifles.
It is folly to waste labour about trifles.
It is the fault of youth that it cannot restrain its own
impetuosity.
It is the fault of youth that it cannot restrain its own
impetuosity.
She was one of those who by fortune's boon
Are born, as they say, with a silver spoon
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She was one of those who by fortune's boon
Are born, as they say, with a silver spoon
In her mouth, not a wooden ladle.
Having no business of his own to attend to, he busies himself
with the affairs of others.
Having no business of his own to attend to, he busies himself
with the affairs of others.
The thought hath good leggs, and the quill a good tongue.
The thought hath good leggs, and the quill a good tongue.
