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The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts.
The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts.
Love makes one fitt for any work.
Love makes one fitt for any work.
The bird that hath been limed in a bush
With trembling wing misdoubteth every bush.
The bird that hath been limed in a bush
With trembling wing misdoubteth every bush.
We may outrun,
By violent swiftness, that which we run at,
And lose by over-running.
We may outrun,
By violent swiftness, that which we run at,
And lose by over-running.
Man proposes, and God disposes.
[It., Ordina l'uomo, e dio dispone.]
Man proposes, and God disposes.
[It., Ordina l'uomo, e dio dispone.]
Having no business of his own to attend to, he busies himself
with the affairs of others.
Having no business of his own to attend to, he busies himself
with the affairs of others.
He that commits a fault, thinkes every one speakes of it.
He that commits a fault, thinkes every one speakes of it.
None is offended but by himselfe.
None is offended but by himselfe.
Spies are the ears and eyes of Princes.
Spies are the ears and eyes of Princes.
