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An idle head is a boxe for the winde.
An idle head is a boxe for the winde.
Common report is not always wrong.
Common report is not always wrong.
Every epigram should resemble a bee; it should have sting, honey,
and brevity.
Every epigram should resemble a bee; it should have sting, honey,
and brevity.
Who doth his owne businesse, foules not his hands.
Who doth his owne businesse, foules not his hands.
It is the duty of a good shepherd to shear, not to skin his
sheep.
It is the duty of a good shepherd to shear, not to skin his
sheep.
Nothing stings us so bitterly as the loss of money.
Nothing stings us so bitterly as the loss of money.
Nothing is achieved without toil.
Nothing is achieved without toil.
Let not him that feares feathers come among wild-foule.
Let not him that feares feathers come among wild-foule.
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh,
it is a tree of life.
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh,
it is a tree of life.
