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Drooping along the ground the vine misses its widowed elm.
Drooping along the ground the vine misses its widowed elm.
The more violent the storm the sooner it is over.
The more violent the storm the sooner it is over.
In the same [hospitable] manner that a Calabrian would press you
to eat his pears.
In the same [hospitable] manner that a Calabrian would press you
to eat his pears.
Whose house is of glasse, must not throw stones at another.
[Whose house is of glass, must not throw read more
Whose house is of glasse, must not throw stones at another.
[Whose house is of glass, must not throw stones at another.]
Who eates his cock alone must saddle his horse alone.
Who eates his cock alone must saddle his horse alone.
If folly were griefe every house would weepe.
If folly were griefe every house would weepe.
Don't approach a goat from the front, a horse from the back, or a
fool from any side.
Don't approach a goat from the front, a horse from the back, or a
fool from any side.
Time rolls on, and we grow old with silent years.
Time rolls on, and we grow old with silent years.
