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The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
[The wearer knows best where the shoe pinches.]
The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
[The wearer knows best where the shoe pinches.]
Mend your cloathes, and you may hold out this yeare.
Mend your cloathes, and you may hold out this yeare.
Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh.
Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh.
What he has is of no more use to the miser than that which he has
not.
What he has is of no more use to the miser than that which he has
not.
Beate the dog before the Lyon.
Beate the dog before the Lyon.
No man is a hero to his valet.
[Fr., Il n'y a pas de grand homme pour son valet-de-chambre.]
No man is a hero to his valet.
[Fr., Il n'y a pas de grand homme pour son valet-de-chambre.]
The plant often removed cannot thrive.
The plant often removed cannot thrive.
