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The good refrain from sin from the pure love of virtue.
The good refrain from sin from the pure love of virtue.
The body is sooner drest then the soule.
The body is sooner drest then the soule.
In nothing do men so much resemble the gods as in giving help to
their fellow creatures.
In nothing do men so much resemble the gods as in giving help to
their fellow creatures.
Such men as fortune raises from a mean estate to the highest
elevation by way of a joke.
Such men as fortune raises from a mean estate to the highest
elevation by way of a joke.
Poore and liberall, rich and coveteous.
Poore and liberall, rich and coveteous.
Although it raine, throw not away thy watering pot.
Although it raine, throw not away thy watering pot.
In great pedigrees there are Governours and Chandlers.
In great pedigrees there are Governours and Chandlers.
An Oxe is taken by the horns, and a Man by the tongue.
An Oxe is taken by the horns, and a Man by the tongue.
It is the nature of the unfortunate to be spiteful, and to envy
those who are well to do.
It is the nature of the unfortunate to be spiteful, and to envy
those who are well to do.