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Marriage is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the
dinner.
Marriage is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the
dinner.
Light burthens, long borne, growe heavie.
[Light burdens, long borne, grow heavy.]
Light burthens, long borne, growe heavie.
[Light burdens, long borne, grow heavy.]
Let not him that feares feathers come among wild-foule.
Let not him that feares feathers come among wild-foule.
When my house burnes, it's not good playing at Chesse.
When my house burnes, it's not good playing at Chesse.
Love all, trust a few,
Do wrong to none.
Love all, trust a few,
Do wrong to none.
Threatned men eat bread, says the Spaniard.
Threatned men eat bread, says the Spaniard.
When you are at Rome, live as Romans live.
When you are at Rome, live as Romans live.
A jade eates as much as a good horse.
A jade eates as much as a good horse.
Virtue lies half way between two opposite vices.
Virtue lies half way between two opposite vices.