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Every great house is full of saucy servants.
Every great house is full of saucy servants.
Not even piety will stay wrinkles, nor the encroachments of age,
nor the advance of death, which cannot be read more
Not even piety will stay wrinkles, nor the encroachments of age,
nor the advance of death, which cannot be resisted.
Hee hath no leisure who useth it not.
Hee hath no leisure who useth it not.
Punishment is lame, but it comes.
Punishment is lame, but it comes.
The tongue walkes where the teeth speede not.
The tongue walkes where the teeth speede not.
Willowes are weak, yet they bind other wood.
Willowes are weak, yet they bind other wood.
Hell is full of good meanings and wishings.
Hell is full of good meanings and wishings.
If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.
If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.
The wife is the key of the house.
The wife is the key of the house.
