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Happie is hee that chastens himselfe.
Happie is hee that chastens himselfe.
Ah! when the means are gone that buy this praise,
The breath is gone whereof this praise is made.
Ah! when the means are gone that buy this praise,
The breath is gone whereof this praise is made.
Health without money is halfe an ague.
Health without money is halfe an ague.
Let not him that feares feathers come among wild-foule.
Let not him that feares feathers come among wild-foule.
You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned. [You have laid up a
grief in store for yourself.]
You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned. [You have laid up a
grief in store for yourself.]
The smell of money is good, come whence it may. [Alluding to
Vespasian's tax on ordure.]
The smell of money is good, come whence it may. [Alluding to
Vespasian's tax on ordure.]
Fire is next akin to smoke.
Fire is next akin to smoke.
