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As many men as there are existing, so many are their different
pursuits.
As many men as there are existing, so many are their different
pursuits.
Whether shall the Oxe goe, where he shall not labour?
Whether shall the Oxe goe, where he shall not labour?
Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather:
injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.
Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather:
injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.
The horse thinkes one thing, and he that sadles him another.
The horse thinkes one thing, and he that sadles him another.
Such pains they take to look pretty.
Such pains they take to look pretty.
Snuffling through his nose some stale joke.
Snuffling through his nose some stale joke.
Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.
Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.
An upbraided morsell never choaked any.
An upbraided morsell never choaked any.
You began better than you have finished; the last act is not
equal to the first.
You began better than you have finished; the last act is not
equal to the first.