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The only gain from the friendship of the great is a fine dinner.
The only gain from the friendship of the great is a fine dinner.
Bells call others, but themselves enter not into the Church.
Bells call others, but themselves enter not into the Church.
If reasons were as plentiful as blackberries,
I would give no man a reason upon compulsion.
If reasons were as plentiful as blackberries,
I would give no man a reason upon compulsion.
He that gives all before hee dies provides to suffer.
He that gives all before hee dies provides to suffer.
Shewa good man his errour and he turnes it to a vertue, but an
ill, it doubles his fault.
Shewa good man his errour and he turnes it to a vertue, but an
ill, it doubles his fault.
He that hath no ill fortune is troubled with good.
He that hath no ill fortune is troubled with good.
What you keep by you, you may change and mend;
But words once spoke can never be recall'd.
What you keep by you, you may change and mend;
But words once spoke can never be recall'd.
It's an ill councell that hath no escape.
It's an ill councell that hath no escape.
The itch of disputing is the scab of the Church.
The itch of disputing is the scab of the Church.