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To disregard money, on suitable occasions, is often a great
profit.
To disregard money, on suitable occasions, is often a great
profit.
A greater liar than the Parthians.
A greater liar than the Parthians.
Spectacles are deaths Harquebuze.
Spectacles are deaths Harquebuze.
He that will do thee a good turne, either he will be gon or dye.
He that will do thee a good turne, either he will be gon or dye.
Much spends the traveller, more then the abider.
Much spends the traveller, more then the abider.
How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.
How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.
There are many things which may not be uttered by men in
threadbare coats.
There are many things which may not be uttered by men in
threadbare coats.
A scepter is one thing, and a ladle another.
A scepter is one thing, and a ladle another.
Busily engaged in doing nothing. [A squirrel in a cage.]
Busily engaged in doing nothing. [A squirrel in a cage.]