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He carries a stone in one hand, and offers bread with the other.
[Lat., Altera manu fert lapidem, altera read more
He carries a stone in one hand, and offers bread with the other.
[Lat., Altera manu fert lapidem, altera panem ostentat.]
Goods are theirs that enjoy them.
Goods are theirs that enjoy them.
If that you have a former friend for foe.
If that you have a former friend for foe.
Whether shall the Oxe goe, where he shall not labour?
Whether shall the Oxe goe, where he shall not labour?
Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth
the law, happy is he.
Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth
the law, happy is he.
A beane in liberty is better then a comfit in prison.
A beane in liberty is better then a comfit in prison.
The mind still longs for what it has missed, and loses itself in
the contemplation of the past.
The mind still longs for what it has missed, and loses itself in
the contemplation of the past.
If you would bee at ease, all the world is not.
If you would bee at ease, all the world is not.
Fine dressing is a foule house swept before the doores.
Fine dressing is a foule house swept before the doores.
