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He who asks with timidity invites a refusal.
He who asks with timidity invites a refusal.
Nothing is to be presumed on, or despaired of.
Nothing is to be presumed on, or despaired of.
Dogs are fine in the field.
Dogs are fine in the field.
Of him that speakes ill, consider the life more then the word.
Of him that speakes ill, consider the life more then the word.
The finishing stroke of all sorrow.
The finishing stroke of all sorrow.
Joking apart, now let us be serious.
Joking apart, now let us be serious.
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made even both
of them.
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made even both
of them.
Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity.
Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity.