A curst Cow hath short hornes.
[A curst cow has short horns.]

A curst Cow hath short hornes.
[A curst cow has short horns.]

A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too
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A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too
bus to take care of his tools.

Content is more than a kingdom.

Content is more than a kingdom.

Fighting without concert, they suffer universal defeat.

Fighting without concert, they suffer universal defeat.

Had the crow only fed without cawing she would have had more to
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Had the crow only fed without cawing she would have had more to
eat, and much less of strife and envy to contend with. [To noise
abroad our success is to invite envy and competition.]

Just as the felon condemn'd to die--
With a very natural loathing--
Leaving the sheriff to dream read more

Just as the felon condemn'd to die--
With a very natural loathing--
Leaving the sheriff to dream of ropes,
From his gloomy cell in a vision elopes,
To caper on sunny greens and slopes,
Instead of the dance upon nothing.

The maxims of men reveal their characters.
[Fr., Les maximes des hommes decelent leur coeur.]

The maxims of men reveal their characters.
[Fr., Les maximes des hommes decelent leur coeur.]

There is an hour wherein a man might be happy all his life, could
he find it.

There is an hour wherein a man might be happy all his life, could
he find it.

Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh.

Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh.