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Foul-spoken coward, that thunder'st with thy tongue,
And with thy weapon nothing dar'st perform.
Foul-spoken coward, that thunder'st with thy tongue,
And with thy weapon nothing dar'st perform.
You cannot hide an eele in a sacke.
You cannot hide an eele in a sacke.
One paire of eares drawes dry an hundred tongues.
One paire of eares drawes dry an hundred tongues.
Hee that knowes what may bee gained in a day never steales.
Hee that knowes what may bee gained in a day never steales.
Jest not with the eye or with Religion.
Jest not with the eye or with Religion.
Is it not sheer madness to live poor to die rich?
Is it not sheer madness to live poor to die rich?
Short boughs, long vintage.
Short boughs, long vintage.
He who boasts of his pedigree praises that which does not belong
to him.
He who boasts of his pedigree praises that which does not belong
to him.
Hastiness is the beginning of wrath, and its end repentance.
Hastiness is the beginning of wrath, and its end repentance.