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Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
So live with an inferior as you would wish a superior to live
with you.
So live with an inferior as you would wish a superior to live
with you.
Who backs his rigid Sabbath, so to speak,
Against the wicked remnant of the week."
Who backs his rigid Sabbath, so to speak,
Against the wicked remnant of the week."
The Italians are wise before the deede, the Germanes in the
deede, the French after the deede.
The Italians are wise before the deede, the Germanes in the
deede, the French after the deede.
An injury may prove a blessing.
An injury may prove a blessing.
Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft.
Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft.
He that plaies his mony ought not to value it.
He that plaies his mony ought not to value it.
Though I am not naturally honest, I am so sometimes by chance.
Though I am not naturally honest, I am so sometimes by chance.
Hee will spend a whole yeares rent at one meales meate.
Hee will spend a whole yeares rent at one meales meate.