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Autumnall Agues are long, or mortall.
Autumnall Agues are long, or mortall.
A lie that is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.
A lie that is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.
There come nought out of the sacke but what was there.
There come nought out of the sacke but what was there.
The sweat of industry would dry and die,
But for the end it works to.
The sweat of industry would dry and die,
But for the end it works to.
He that goeth farre hath many encounters.
He that goeth farre hath many encounters.
He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
A woman scorn'd is pitiless as fate,
For then the dread of shame adds stings to hate.
A woman scorn'd is pitiless as fate,
For then the dread of shame adds stings to hate.
Some evils are cured by contempt.
Some evils are cured by contempt.
Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.
Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.