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You are his father by nature, I by counsel.
You are his father by nature, I by counsel.
The tooth-ach is more ease then to deale with ill people.
The tooth-ach is more ease then to deale with ill people.
The wine in the bottell doth not quench thirst.
[The wine in the bottle does not quench thirst.]
The wine in the bottell doth not quench thirst.
[The wine in the bottle does not quench thirst.]
The Cow knowes not what her taile is worth, till she have lost
it.
The Cow knowes not what her taile is worth, till she have lost
it.
Integrity is praised and starves.
Integrity is praised and starves.
Hee that keepes his owne makes warre.
Hee that keepes his owne makes warre.
He who rushes headlong into love will fare worse than if he had
cast himself from a precipice.
He who rushes headlong into love will fare worse than if he had
cast himself from a precipice.
The body is more drest then the soule.
The body is more drest then the soule.
One gets a cross for his crime, the other a crown.
One gets a cross for his crime, the other a crown.