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There is no proverb which is not true.
[Sp., No hay refran que no sea verdadero.]
There is no proverb which is not true.
[Sp., No hay refran que no sea verdadero.]
Gossips are frogs, they drinke and talke.
Gossips are frogs, they drinke and talke.
Better a snotty child, then his nose wip'd off.
Better a snotty child, then his nose wip'd off.
And yet your fair discourse hath been as sugar,
Making the hard way sweet and delectable.
And yet your fair discourse hath been as sugar,
Making the hard way sweet and delectable.
They dance, they revel, and they sing,
Till the rude turrets shake and ring.
They dance, they revel, and they sing,
Till the rude turrets shake and ring.
Nothing is so intolerable as a woman with a long purse.
Nothing is so intolerable as a woman with a long purse.
The mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands.
The mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands.
Thinking to bite something soft, he found it hard. [Catching a
Tartar]
Thinking to bite something soft, he found it hard. [Catching a
Tartar]
Change but the name, and you are the subject of the story.
Change but the name, and you are the subject of the story.