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No wicked man knows happiness, and least of all the seducer of
others.
No wicked man knows happiness, and least of all the seducer of
others.
A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.
A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.
Good service is a great inchantment.
Good service is a great inchantment.
Take heede of an oxe before, of an horse behind, of a monke on
all sides.
Take heede of an oxe before, of an horse behind, of a monke on
all sides.
I have cut my leg with my own adze.
I have cut my leg with my own adze.
'Tis dangerous to take a cold, to sleep, to drink; but I tell you,
my lord fool, out of read more
'Tis dangerous to take a cold, to sleep, to drink; but I tell you,
my lord fool, out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower,
safety.
The wife is the key of the house.
The wife is the key of the house.
Penny wise, pound foolish.
Penny wise, pound foolish.
They succeed, because they think they can.
They succeed, because they think they can.