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No creature smarts so little as a fool.
No creature smarts so little as a fool.
Hee will spend a whole yeares rent at one meales meate.
Hee will spend a whole yeares rent at one meales meate.
If things were to be done twice, all would be wise.
If things were to be done twice, all would be wise.
Hanging and wiving go by destiny.
Hanging and wiving go by destiny.
'Twixt hope and fear, anxiety and anger.
'Twixt hope and fear, anxiety and anger.
Neither head, nor feet. [Referring to anything very intricate.]
Neither head, nor feet. [Referring to anything very intricate.]
When things are at the worst they sometimes mend.
When things are at the worst they sometimes mend.
Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.
Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.
One stroke fells not an oke.
One stroke fells not an oke.