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The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
If folly were griefe every house would weepe.
If folly were griefe every house would weepe.
It is a kingly act to help the fallen.
It is a kingly act to help the fallen.
He that commits a fault, thinkes every one speakes of it.
He that commits a fault, thinkes every one speakes of it.
To buy deare is not bounty.
To buy deare is not bounty.
He that endures is not overcome.
He that endures is not overcome.
Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep.
Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep.
The deepest rivers flow with the least sound.
[Lat., Altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labuntur.]
The deepest rivers flow with the least sound.
[Lat., Altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labuntur.]
The great would have none great and the little all little.
The great would have none great and the little all little.