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What your glasse telles you, will not be told by Councell.
What your glasse telles you, will not be told by Councell.
He who will not grant a favour has no right to ask one.
He who will not grant a favour has no right to ask one.
It is engendered in the eyes;
By gazing fed; and fancy dies
In the cradle where it read more
It is engendered in the eyes;
By gazing fed; and fancy dies
In the cradle where it lies.
He complaines wrongfully on the sea that twice suffers shipwrack.
He complaines wrongfully on the sea that twice suffers shipwrack.
Mad desire, when it has the most, longs for more.
Mad desire, when it has the most, longs for more.
He has hay upon his horn. [He is a mischievous person.]
He has hay upon his horn. [He is a mischievous person.]
He lives unsafely, that lookes too neere on things.
He lives unsafely, that lookes too neere on things.
He who wants to get rich wants to get rich quickly.
He who wants to get rich wants to get rich quickly.
In avoiding one vice fools rush into the opposite extreme.
In avoiding one vice fools rush into the opposite extreme.
