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To a boyling pot flies comes not.
[To a boiling pot flies come not.]
To a boyling pot flies comes not.
[To a boiling pot flies come not.]
Fire that's closest kept, burns most of all.
Fire that's closest kept, burns most of all.
For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth
knowledge increaseth sorrow.
For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth
knowledge increaseth sorrow.
Two ill meales make the third a glutton.
Two ill meales make the third a glutton.
I have cut my leg with my own adze.
I have cut my leg with my own adze.
The best manners are stained by haughtiness.
The best manners are stained by haughtiness.
The chiefe disease that raignes this yeare is folly.
The chiefe disease that raignes this yeare is folly.
We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty
is ever charming.
We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty
is ever charming.
