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When my house burnes, it's not good playing at Chesse.
When my house burnes, it's not good playing at Chesse.
When you will, they wont, when you wont, they will.
When you will, they wont, when you wont, they will.
Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.
Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.
The cautious wolf fears the pit, the hawk regards with suspicion
the snare laid for her, and the fish read more
The cautious wolf fears the pit, the hawk regards with suspicion
the snare laid for her, and the fish the hook in its concealment.
A man well mounted is ever Cholerick.
A man well mounted is ever Cholerick.
In an evil hour thou bring'st her home. [You are marrying a
shrew.]
In an evil hour thou bring'st her home. [You are marrying a
shrew.]
He that deales in the world needes foure seeves.
He that deales in the world needes foure seeves.
Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.
Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.
Prodigal of the property of others, sparing of his own.
Prodigal of the property of others, sparing of his own.