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What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
They are safe in their number and their close array.
They are safe in their number and their close array.
The body is sooner drest then the soule.
The body is sooner drest then the soule.
Nothing is so intolerable as a woman with a long purse.
Nothing is so intolerable as a woman with a long purse.
That which never has been, never is, and never will be.
That which never has been, never is, and never will be.
If great men would have care of little ones, both would last
long.
If great men would have care of little ones, both would last
long.
Slow rises worth by poverty depressed.
Slow rises worth by poverty depressed.
When the night's darkest the dawn is nearest.
When the night's darkest the dawn is nearest.
A drunkards purse is a bottle.
A drunkards purse is a bottle.