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Ease and honour are seldom bed-fellows.
Ease and honour are seldom bed-fellows.
Bells call others, but themselves enter not into the Church.
Bells call others, but themselves enter not into the Church.
When you enter into a house, leave the anger ever at the doore.
When you enter into a house, leave the anger ever at the doore.
I have cut my leg with my own adze.
I have cut my leg with my own adze.
An intemperate patient makes a harsh doctor.
An intemperate patient makes a harsh doctor.
Riches too increase, and the maddening craving for gold,
So that men ever seek for more, that they may read more
Riches too increase, and the maddening craving for gold,
So that men ever seek for more, that they may have the most.
Come, shepherd, let us make an honorable retreat; though not with
bag and baggage, yet with scrip and crippage.
Come, shepherd, let us make an honorable retreat; though not with
bag and baggage, yet with scrip and crippage.
He that hath love in his brest, hath spurres in his sides.
He that hath love in his brest, hath spurres in his sides.