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Faire words makes mee looke to my purse.
Faire words makes mee looke to my purse.
We start from the Mother's Arms and we run to the Dustshovel.
We start from the Mother's Arms and we run to the Dustshovel.
Slow rises worth by poverty depressed.
Slow rises worth by poverty depressed.
The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.
The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.
The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
[The wearer knows best where the shoe pinches.]
The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
[The wearer knows best where the shoe pinches.]
The anger of those in authority is always weighty.
The anger of those in authority is always weighty.
An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.
An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.
The first dish pleaseth all.
The first dish pleaseth all.
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?