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Never without a shilling in my purse.
Never without a shilling in my purse.
He that deales in the world needes foure seeves.
He that deales in the world needes foure seeves.
Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs.
Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs.
Who hath no head, needes no heart.
Who hath no head, needes no heart.
Marry your daughters betimes, lest they marry themselves.
Marry your daughters betimes, lest they marry themselves.
In a long journey straw waighs.
In a long journey straw waighs.
Fair words butter no parsnips.
Fair words butter no parsnips.
The lofty pine is most easily brought low by the force of the
wind, and the higher the tower read more
The lofty pine is most easily brought low by the force of the
wind, and the higher the tower the greater the fall thereof.
Alas! sir,
In what have I offended you? What cause
Hath my behaviour given to your displeasure?
Alas! sir,
In what have I offended you? What cause
Hath my behaviour given to your displeasure?
