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An injury may prove a blessing.
An injury may prove a blessing.
The plant often removed cannot thrive.
The plant often removed cannot thrive.
Time is the Rider that breakes youth.
Time is the Rider that breakes youth.
Hee is not free that drawes his chaine.
Hee is not free that drawes his chaine.
Ill blows the wind that profits nobody.
Ill blows the wind that profits nobody.
A cup concealed in the dress is rarely honestly carried.
A cup concealed in the dress is rarely honestly carried.
Life isn't all beer and skittles; but beer and skittles or
something better of the same sort, must form read more
Life isn't all beer and skittles; but beer and skittles or
something better of the same sort, must form a good part of every
Englishman's education.
The beades in the Hand, and the Divell in Capuch (or cape of the
cloak).
The beades in the Hand, and the Divell in Capuch (or cape of the
cloak).
By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded.
By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded.