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It's an ill councell that hath no escape.
It's an ill councell that hath no escape.
A hungry stomach rarely despises rough food.
A hungry stomach rarely despises rough food.
Cruelty is more cruell, if we defer the pain.
Cruelty is more cruell, if we defer the pain.
Say to pleasure, Gentle Eve, I will none of your apple.
Say to pleasure, Gentle Eve, I will none of your apple.
The big thieves hang the little ones.
The big thieves hang the little ones.
No naked man is sought after to be rifled.
No naked man is sought after to be rifled.
He is most powerful who governs himself.
He is most powerful who governs himself.
If a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
If a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.